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Suleiman Khalil, 21, who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives with his friends in a field, is reflected in a mirror at his home in the village of Qaminas, east of Idlib, Syria, ...

President Biden has given the Pentagon the green light to ship antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine — a policy the commander in chief once called “reckless.” “While we have provided anti-tank mines ...

At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories. In 2024 alone, 1,945 people were killed by mines, and 4,325 were injured — 90% of whom were civilians. Nearly half of those ...

On this week's Task & Purpose video, Thom Tran explores the history of land mines and their vital, problematic role on the battlefield today. By Matt White Published Apr 22, 2025 5:28 PM EDT Add Task ...

FILE - A Russian military robotic vehicle detonates a land mine on a mine clearing mission to defuse mines along the high voltage line in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of ...

Shah 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 ...