Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan's children

Afghans have been able to return to fields, schools and roads since the Taliban authorities ended their insurgency and ousted the Western-backed government in 2021. But with new freedom of movement comes the danger of remnants left behind after 40 years of successive conflicts. Nearly 900 people were killed or wounded by leftover munitions from January 2023 to April this year alone, most of them children, according to UN figures. The anti-tank mine had been 100 metres from Qach Qala village, south of the provincial capital Ghazni...