United Nations Radio

Landmines and other explosive devices killed more than 600 people last year in Afghanistan.

That according to the head of the UN Mine Action Programme in Afghanistan Haider Reza.

He says "this is an average of 50 people every month."

Reza says "the figure is too high" and calls on everyone "to work together to reduce the number of people killed, injured and maimed by landmines in Afghanistan."

He says "Afghanistan is still one of the most heavily mined countries in the world."

De-miners have cleared more than a billion square yards of land across the country but more than 2,000 communities are still affected by known minefields.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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