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27-11-2007  Photo Collection  
Afghanistan – Measured success after decade of Mine-Ban Convention
Ten years ago this December, the Mine-Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, was adopted by most of the world’s States. This photo essay explores some of the accomplishments and remaining challenges in one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.

© ICRC / M. Kokic / af-e-00793

Musa is a physiotherapist at the orthopaedic centre and is himself a landmine victim. Here he teaches another amputee how to put on his new leg. All locally recruited staff are disabled. Though many are mine victims, some were injured in car accidents, are blind, or have congenital deformities.




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