Security personnel have arrested a man possessing nine landmines in northern Sar-i-Pul province, police said on Saturday. Din Mohammad, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News police during a special operation arrested a man with nine landmines yesterday.…
Officials of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) say that 1,016 people, mostly children, were killed and injured by landmines and IEDs countrywide last year. QariNooruddinRostamkhel, in charge of demining coordination at ANDMA, made the remarks today, Thursday,…
At least six Taliban insurgents have been killed by their own explosive devices in two separate incidents in southeastern Paktia and Paktika provinces. Aimal Khan, spokesman for the 203rd Thunder Military Corps in Paktia, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL, adding 120 people were killed or wounded in landmine explosions every month. Najib Aqa Fahim, the state minister for natural disasters management, addressing a ceremony marking ‘International Landmine Awareness Day,’ here said that 3,100 square kilometers of the country’s…
Security forces neutralized 60 landmines and killed four Taliban militants who were expert in making and planting the explosive devices in the Shindand district of western Herat province, an official said Thursday. The landmines were found in an…
Four bomb-making factories have been destroyed by Afghan forces in Marja district of southern Helmand province, an official said Monday. The factories were destroyed in Pinzam Blak area of Marja district on Sunday night, Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul…
KABUL as still about 100 people, mostly children, were either killed or wounded each month. Wais Ahmad Barmak, talking about International Mine Awareness Day, said around 140 civilians were either killed or maimed in blasts caused by improvised explosive devices…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday said demining was a priority of the government because landmines and IEDs killed or maimed more than 100 Afghans each month. Abdullah said this in a message read out…
Nearly 70 percent areas have been cleared of landmines in southern Kandahar province, but more work is needed to be done to secure people’s lives from the deadly weapons, officials said on Tuesday. Representatives from the United…
KABUL’s demining sector and the Afghan government to provide pension for de-miners. This was stated MDC chief executive Mohammad Shahab Hakimi to a gathering marking the United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Kabul.…
KABUL needed international assistance to clear its 20 percent of land still containing landmines. United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA) director Mohammad Sediq Rashid said millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance had been detected and defused during the…
