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Afghanistan: UN-backed mine clearing project reports 34 killed during 2014

Afghanistan: UN-backed mine clearing project reports 34 killed during 2014

Jan 16, 2015, at 01:42 pm

New York, Jan 16 (IBNS) The United Nations-supported Mine Action Programme in Afghanistan (MAPA) has said on Thursday that while 2014 could prove to have been a major turning point in the country’s long and tortured history, it was also a year that had inflicted “immense and unprecedented tragedy” on the programme’s personnel.