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Thailand accuses Cambodia of laying fresh landmines along border, suspends
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has suspended implementation of the Thai-Cambodian peace agreement and the planned release of 18 captured Cambodian troops.
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Pakistan: Frontier Corps accused of arming death squads as landmines kill
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Taking to the social media platform X, Sher Mohammad Bugti stated that according to the residents, FC is allegedly providing this group with substantial financial assistance, heavy weaponry, ammunition, and even modern quadcopter drones to strengthen its operations in the conflict-stricken a
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Landmines plague area equal to 3,00,000 football fields in Iraq
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminate an estimated 2,100 square kilometres of Iraqi land, a devastating area comparable to nearly 3,00,000 football fields.
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"In response to Russia's advances in eastern Ukraine, US decided to supply
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The United States on Wednesday confirmed that it will provide Ukraine with non-persistent anti-personnel landmines to aid in the country's defence against Russian attacks. The US State Department spokesperson said that the decision to provide anti-personnel landmines is a response to Russia'
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Childrens face the brunt of deadly landmines scattered across Af-Pak borde
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Activists claim that the regions were not cleared of the land mines after these operations. But the government is not ready to accept these land mines exist at all, anti-war activist Alamzeb Khan told DW.
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Nearly 70 countries still contaminated by mines, innocent people continue
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Marked annually on April 4, the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, draws awareness to why landmines are one of the most insidious and indiscriminate weapons of war
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'Landmine threats': Canada says don't travel to areas in India bordering P
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], September 28 (ANI): In what appears to be a bizarre travel advisory, Canada has advised its citizens to avoid all travel to areas in states of Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan, which share a border with Pakistan due to the "presence of landmines" and "unpredictable security
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5 killed in landmine blasts in Yemen's Hodeidah
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Aden [Yemen], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of five people, including a child and a woman, were killed in three explosions of landmines laid previously in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, a military official told Xinhua.
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Demining in Ukraine to take 5-7 years
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The work on clearing the territory of Ukraine from the landmines scattered during the conflict with Russia would take between five and seven years, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday, citing a senior Ukrainian official.
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Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to decide next election dates, claims PML-N's M
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will decide when the next elections in the country would be held, and asked PTI chief Imran Khan how would he face the people in the polls
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Imran Khan govt laid economic landmines to malign image of successors: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Thursday claimed that the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government laid mines for the country's present government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif which is difficult to deal with, said a media report.
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Report claims over 1,000 people killed, injured by landmines, IEDs in Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 8 (ANI): As many as 1,016 people, mostly children, were killed and injured by landmines and IEDs across the country last year, said the officials of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA).
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