Reference :
V-P-AF-E-00947
Date :
21/10/2007
Caption :
Dako, some 35 km from Kabul. Afghanistan Red Crescent Society carries out mine risk education to the village's primary school, alerting the exclusively male students to the dangers of landmines and other explosive remnants of war.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
This village was on the front line between rival armed groups throughout the 1990s. Only recently, a 10-year old boy in the village found an explosve device in his garden. It exploded, and he lost his hand. Children are taught to recognize weapons, not to touch them and to report what they have discovered to local authorities.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4720x3157
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
