Afghan Children Die by the Dozens because of Explosives U.S. Left Behind at Firing Ranges

[unhappycamper]

http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/afghan-children-die-by-the-dozens-because-of-explosives-us-left-behind-at-firing-ranges-140411?news=852894

Afghan Children Die by the Dozens because of Explosives U.S. Left Behind at Firing Ranges
Friday, April 11, 2014

The open fields of Afghanistan have become lethal for many of that nation’s children due to scores of unexploded ordinance left by U.S. military forces.

Dozens of Afghan children have died after wandering into abandoned U.S. firing ranges filled with undetonated artillery shells, rockets and grenades, according to The Washington Post.

It is estimated that an area twice the size of New York City (about 800 square miles) is littered with American and allied explosives just waiting to go off if touched or kicked by unsuspecting civilians.

The United Nations’ Mine Action Coordination Center of Afghanistan says at least 70 civilians—62 of whom were children—have died since 2012 in and around U.S. or NATO firing ranges or bases.


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[MisterP]

1. Honduras and Nicaragua, too!