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Foreign governments have frozen development aid to the Afghan government, unwilling to use their taxpayers’ money to prop up the Taliban

Taliban's return to power last summer, ending their 20-year insurgency, should have helped de-mining efforts

QAFAS KALAY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A group of Afghan children were grazing sheep in fields near the village of Bolak Wandi in eastern Helmand when they spotted a metallic object half-buried in the ground. Crowding round excitedly, they argued over who had found it first and who could sell it for scrap.

Almost 80 per cent of civilian casualties from “explosive remnants of war” are children, says UN agency.

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders and local communities to counter the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Diomede Ndegeya, ATMIS Force Commander said the threat posed by IEDs necessitates the mission and partners to come up with innovative…