INTERNATIONAL SOLDIERS, AFGHAN FIRM HELP LEAD THE WAY OUT OF MINEFIELDS FOR AFGHAN CITIZENS
October 22, 2008
October 22, 2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 22 -- NATO's International Security Assistance Force issued the following press release:
Landmines continue to saturate the landscape of Afghanistan more than any other country on Earth. Informed estimates suggest that as many as 20-million anti-personnel and anti-tank mines were laid during the Soviet occupation and the later conflict between the Taliban and Northern Alliance.
Over the past six years, more than 200,000 landmines have been c . . .
Landmines continue to saturate the landscape of Afghanistan more than any other country on Earth. Informed estimates suggest that as many as 20-million anti-personnel and anti-tank mines were laid during the Soviet occupation and the later conflict between the Taliban and Northern Alliance.
Over the past six years, more than 200,000 landmines have been c . . .