Some 170 civilians killed by mines in Afghanistan per month: UN

Agnes Marcaillou (C), Director of the UN Mine Action Service, speaks at a press conference on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, at the UN headquarters in New York, April 4, 2019. The United Nations said Thursday that some 170 civilians are killed by mines per month, a sharp increase in explosive hazard casualties over the past five years. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)