UN calls for urgent funding for mine clearance in Afghanistan

KABUL, July 1 — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has called for urgent funding for mine clearance in post-war Afghanistan as unexploded ordnance continues to pose a deadly threat across post-war Afghanistan, particularly to children.

As of June, the mine action sector remains severely underfunded, with only 3.6 million U.S. dollars secured out of the 14.5 million dollars required, a critical shortfall that risks further preventable deaths and injuries, the Afghanistan office of OCHA said in a report on Tuesday.