44,000 Afghan civilians were victims of mine explosions in the last 35 years
| On the eve of "World Mine Awareness Day", the United Nations announced that in the last 35 years, about 44,000 civilians in Afghanistan have been victims of mine explosions and explosives. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim News, the support On the eve of World Mine Awareness Day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) identified Afghanistan as one of the most explosively contaminated countries in the world and declared Afghan children to be the biggest victims.
UNICEF wrote in a note on the X social network that this fund has always emphasized cooperation and support for the efforts of international organizations and institutions for demining and demining, training on the dangers of unexploded mines and helping victims in Afghanistan.
This organization announced at the end of last year that it plans to train 3.6 million people in Afghanistan about the dangers of explosives.
UNAMA added: In the past 35 years, about 44 thousand civilians in Afghanistan have been victims of mine explosions and explosives.
UNAMA published a video on the X social network and stated that thousands of civilians, including women and children, have been killed or injured in Afghanistan due to the explosion of mines left over from the war, as Only in 2022 on the website of this organization, about 700 children were killed or injured in UNICEF. 19 million remaining mines have been cleared throughout Afghanistan; Also, around 1,284 square kilometers of land contaminated with mines and unexploded materials have been identified in Afghanistan, which needs to be cleaned. , in many areas of this country there are still mines and unexploded ammunition that have killed a large number of citizens, especially children.
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