Afghanistan: Explosives including landmines kill, maim 120 e

Afghanistan: Explosives including landmines kill, maim 120 every month


Afghanistan: Explosives including landmines kill, maim 120 every month
By IANS|   Posted by Sameer  |   Updated: 15th March 2021 10:08 am IST
Kabul: An average of 120 Afghans are killed or maimed by explosives including landmines every month in the war-torn country, authorities said.
“An average of 120 people, including children are killed or maimed by unexploded ordnance and landmines, every month, however the figure was 40 a month in 2001,” the Directorate of Mine Action Coordination of Afghanistan (DMAC) said in a statement on Sunday.
900 Afghans killed in 2020
According to DMAC, about 900 Afghans were killed and 1,700 others wounded as a result of landmines and unexploded ordnance explosions in 2020, with un-combatants making up 30 per cent of the total casualties, Xinhua news agency reported citing the statement as saying.

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