Informes

Sept. 17 (Reuters) - Afghanistan is one of the heaviest mined countries in the world and has the world's third highest annual death and injury rate from unexploded ordnance after Colombia and Cambodia. Here are some facts about landmines in Afghanistan: DEATHS…

September 15, 2007 - Working toward the achievement of the Ottawa Convention benchmarks and in support of International Peace Day on 21 September, the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA) has completed demining the community of Karte Sakhi in…

Kabul, 15 September 2007 - Working toward the achievement of the Ottawa Convention benchmarks and in support of International Peace Day on 21 September, the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA) has completed demining the community of Karte Sakhi in…

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) welcomed today the release of 10 members of an Afghan demining team, and called for the immediate release of the three deminers still in captivity. The 13 men were abducted on 6…

Kabul, 3 September 2007. Working toward the achievement of the Ottawa Convention benchmarks and in support of International Peace Day on 21 September, the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA) has completed 45 minefield and battlefield tasks in August alone…

Kabul, 13 August - The Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled and the United Nations Mine Action Center for Afghanistan (UNMACA) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, 15 August, that will help pave the…

Kabul, 6 August 2007 - The United Nations Mine Action Center for Afghanistan (UNMACA) with the mine action community stand in solidarity with the Mine Detection and Dog Center (MDC) after the sad news that three MDC employees were…

Kabul, 30 July 2007. Working toward the achievement of the Ottawa Convention benchmarks and in support of International Peace Day on 21 September 2007, the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA) has completed 31 minefield and battlefield tasks in…

Kabul, 18 July 2007. Recently, media have cited landmines rather than improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the cause of certain incidents that have resulted in death or injury. The misuse of terminology leads to confusion and, at its worst,…

KABUL, Afghanistan - Clear Path International (CPI), a U.S.-based humanitarian mine action nonprofit organization, has received a multi-year contract from DynCorp International to start a landmine survivor assistance program in Afghanistan on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. With an…