FARAH ROD, Afghanistan, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Khudai Rahim, a 54-year-old Afghan, lost two sons in blasts of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in 2021, and his third son was severely injured in a mine blast in 2022 just around their village.
“He (The third son) found a mine. It might be a mortar mine, and he played with it. He was a child and didn’t know what that was, but the object exploded and badly injured his belly,”