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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-00791

Thirty years of fighting has left an enormous amount of war junk behind, a lot of it still deadly. Afghanistan remains plagued by landmines and other explosive devices scattered across the landscape (totalling an estimated 800 square kilometres of hazardous territory).




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