At least 87 people were killed and 333 injured in incidents involving unexploded ordnance across Afghanistan over the past year, the Taliban-run disaster management authority (ANDMA) said on Wednesday.
The ANDMA said 193 incidents linked to unexploded bombs and mines were recorded nationwide during the period. Mohammad Yousof Hamad, Taliban spokesman for the ANDMA, said the authority’s mine clearance coordination department, working with demining organisations, cleared 58 kilometres (36 miles) of land and discovered and neutralised 24,720 mines and unexploded devices.
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Source: AMU News
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