Inch by inch deminers are working to clear Afghanistan of landmines.<br/> <br />The country has one of the world's highest landmine injury rates. Most victims are civilians, many of them children, oblivious to the danger.<br/> <br />Deminers have been clearing for more than 20 years, but still an estimated 100,000 landmines remain.<br/> <br />Most were planted during the Soviet occupation and more were added during the civil war between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.<br/> <br />Nasim Ahmadi works to educate people about landmines. He says that even now, insurgents fighting the government are adding new mines.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Dari) NASIM AHMADI, HEAD OF MDC AMMUNITION MUSEUM, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I believe 70 percent of landmine areas have been cleared but unfortunately right now they are laying landmines that are relatively new, made abroad. That is a serious threat."<br/> <br />As long as there are landmines there will be victims like the amputees at this Red Cross hospital in Kabul.
