The UK charity bringing life back to Iraq's landmine hotspots →

January 10, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

There are more than 20 million landmines in Iraq, some planted by Islamic State Group, many left by Saddam Hussein’s army during the Iran Iraq war in the 1980s. UK based Mines Advisory Group or MAG, is working to clear them but it will take decades. BBC NEWS

Meet the women on a mission to clear landmines →

November 21, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

The province of Bamiyan was once on the front line of the Soviet-Afghan war, but it'll soon be declared land mine free. The BBC's Auliya Atrafi went to meet Afghanistan's first all-female demining team to find out more about the dangerous work they do. BBC NEWS