UNOCHA spokesperson Olga Cherevko said Afghanistan ranks as the world's third most affected country in terms of casualties caused by unexploded ordnance.
Despite the efforts of aid organizations and demining groups, the scale of the contamination remains overwhelming.
Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, head of information and public relations at the NDPA, said children made up the majority of victims, accounting for 67.5 percent of total...
UNAMA noted that children are disproportionately affected, bearing some of the worst consequences of the country’s long-running violence.