{"id":29334,"date":"2026-04-04T10:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=29334"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:53:50","slug":"unama-50-people-killed-each-month-by-mine-explosions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/04\/unama-50-people-killed-each-month-by-mine-explosions\/","title":{"rendered":"UNAMA: 50 people killed each month by mine explosions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that Afghanistan ranks as the third country in the world in terms of having the highest rate of explosive- ordnance casualties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness, UNAMA announced today (Saturday, April 4) that around 50 people are killed each month in Afghanistan due to explosions, with nearly 80% of the victims being children.<\/p>\n<p>According to the mission, almost 90 percent of explosive incidents in Afghanistan are caused by unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants left behind by past conflicts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"1052\">UNAMA stressed the urgent need for more funding to clear mine-contaminated areas, so that families can safely restore their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>April 4 is recognized as the International Day for Mine Awareness, established by the United Nations in 2005 to raise awareness of the dangers of explosive remnants of war and to support affected communities and victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that Afghanistan ranks as the third country in the world in terms of having the highest rate of explosive- ordnance casualties. Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness, UNAMA announced today (Saturday, April 4) that around 50 people are killed each month in Afghanistan due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,17,6],"tags":[222,1060,1732,1733],"class_list":["post-29334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-security_","category-afghanistan","tag-unama","tag-mine","tag-explosions","tag-explosive-ordnance"],"views":4,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29337,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29334\/revisions\/29337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}