Landmines take growing toll in Afghanistan conflict

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Tue, 2019-04-02 10:23

KABUL: At a rehabilitation center in Afghanistan, Imran Gul clasped two parallel bars, cautiously easing his weight onto his new leg.
The 25-year-old nomad had been driving a tractor on hilly farmland when a land mine exploded, making him the latest victim of a scourge that has worsened in recent years as fighting intensifies between the government and the Taliban.
“I did not hear the sound of the bomb,” Gul told AFP as he tried out his prosthetic limb.

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