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Meeting of parties to treaty banning anti-personnel landmines

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, meets the press in Geneva on Dec. 2, 2025, on the sidelines of a meeting of the parties to the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines.

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Iraqi Deminer Loses Legs Clearing Mines - Iraq

Four anti-personnel landmines are displayed on a wooden shelf in Hoshyar Ali's room, turned museum, in Halabja, Iraq, on November 20, 2025. He has been clearing landmines for over four decades, a task he began after the Iran-Iraq war when thousands of mines were planted along the border. Despite losing both legs and several family members to explosions, he continues to volunteer in mine removal. Locals call him “man of the mines,” and he is building a museum in his village to display defused explosives for future generations. Photo by Showan Sulaiman/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi Deminer Loses Legs Clearing Mines - Iraq

Four anti-personnel landmines are displayed on a wooden shelf in Hoshyar Ali's room, turned museum, in Halabja, Iraq, on November 20, 2025. He has been clearing landmines for over four decades, a task he began after the Iran-Iraq war when thousands of mines were planted along the border. Despite losing both legs and several family members to explosions, he continues to volunteer in mine removal. Locals call him “man of the mines,” and he is building a museum in his village to display defused explosives for future generations. Photo by Showan Sulaiman/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SES pyrotechnics conduct demining in Kharkiv region

Anti-personnel mine PFM-1, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 12, 2025 (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Thomas Hajnoczi speech

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Thomas Hajnoczi (R), Ambassador of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva, delivers a speech during the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Vienna, Austria on Dec. 18, 2017.

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Afghan police collect over 4,300 pieces of weapons

STORY: Afghan police collect over 4,300 pieces of weapons DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the Afghan police on duty on the streets in Kabul STORYLINE: Police have collected more than 4,300 pieces of different kinds of weapons and a huge quantity of ammunitions during operations over the past year, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Monday. "Our police have collected 4,365 pieces of different kinds of weapons, 291,331 rounds of bullets, 735 boxes of ammunitions, 515 pieces of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines from irresponsible individuals during the operations over the past year," Bakhtar quoted Interior Ministry officials as saying. Police have also discovered and seized 631 government-owned vehicles used by individuals illegally, the report added. During the period, security forces killed 243 armed opponents and injured 72 others, and 237 people were arrested. During the operations, 314 armed opponents have sur

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS-SEIZURE

(220616) -- NANGARHAR, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 14, 2022 shows assault rifles seized by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces have seized 48 assault rifles including AK-47 in the eastern Nangarhar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Thursday. In the operation, security personnel also discovered a large quantity of other weapons and ammunition including anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, the report said. (Photo by Hamidullah/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS-SEIZURE

(220616) -- NANGARHAR, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 14, 2022 shows assault rifles seized by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces have seized 48 assault rifles including AK-47 in the eastern Nangarhar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Thursday. In the operation, security personnel also discovered a large quantity of other weapons and ammunition including anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, the report said. (Photo by Hamidullah/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS-SEIZURE

(220616) -- NANGARHAR, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 14, 2022 shows weapons seized by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces have seized 48 assault rifles including AK-47 in the eastern Nangarhar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Thursday. In the operation, security personnel also discovered a large quantity of other weapons and ammunition including anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, the report said. (Photo by Hamidullah/Xinhua)

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Thomas Hajnoczi speech

Thomas Hajnoczi (R), Ambassador of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva, delivers a speech during the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Vienna, Austria on Dec. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jody Williams addresses anti-landmine conference

Anti-landmine campaigner Jody Williams speaks at an annual meeting of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Vienna on Dec. 18, 2017. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Williams, its coordinator, were co-laureates of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in bringing about the convention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo