1. Landmines and Land Rights in Afghanistan 5 1. Introduction This case study explores the links between landmine contamination and post-conflict land rights issues in Afghanistan.1 Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in south-western Asia, bordered by Iran, Pakistan, China and the three central Asian countries.
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  3. Jan 20, 2025Afghanistan has increasingly been regarded in expert and journalistic circles as part of Central Asia, which is justifiable from a physical-geographical perspective. However, given current regional realities, it is still premature to classify the country as part of Central Asia in terms of being internationally recognized as such.
  4. Landmines Issues Society and Culture Afghanistan: The United Nations has initiated the daunting task of clearing an estimated 25,000 unexploded cluster bomblet units dropped on Afghanistan by US warplanes. ... Top: Regional: Asia: Afghanistan: Society and Culture: Issues: Landmines.
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    This chapter examines the Central Asia Security Complex, and the involvement of its five states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - in Afghanistan. Rivalry between strong and weaker Central Asian states, fear of loss of sovereignty, and the need to balance the interests of global powers undermine regional ...
  6. media.nationalgeographic.org

    A grim reminder of the ongoing threat of landmines is the artwork found in most schools and public areas and in the Landmine Museum, Kabul. Actual mines are displayed in a glass case or on a large printed cloth with images of mines for all to see (Figures 13 and 14). Even with some 1,300 workers now helping to "de-mine" Afghanistan, it
  7. journals.sagepub.com

    GIRA 2012, 'Request for an Extension of the Deadline for Completing the Destruction of Anti-personnel Mines in Mined Areas in Accordance with Article 5 of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction', revised request submitted 31 August, Kabul: http ...
  8. asiasociety.org

    At the crossroads of multiple civilizations, Afghanistan has long been a point of connection and confrontation for world powers. Today, with a new Afghan state aiming to consolidate control, the country faces tremendous challenges as its deals with internal political instability, rising insurgency, geopolitical competition, and an increasingly fragile economy.
  9. Jan 12, 2025Shah Agha is one of more than 100,000 Afghans living with injuries caused by land mines. He lost his leg to a mine during the anti-Soviet war in the 1980s in his native Kunduz Province in northern ...
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