UNICEF: In 2024, We Provided Mine Risk Education to 3.1 Million Afghan Children

Tajudeen Oyewale, the head of UNICEF’s office in Afghanistan, emphasized in a message on X on Wednesday (26 March) that “mine risk education saves lives.”

He noted that unexploded ordnance continues to pose a serious and deadly threat to children in Afghanistan.

It is noteworthy that Afghanistan remains one of the most contaminated countries with mines and unexploded explosive remnants of war. According to a United Nations report, 3.3 million people in Afghanistan live within one kilometer of mines and explosive remnants. These devices claim the lives of hundreds of civilians, especially children, every year.