Farid Homayoun

"There are 120,000,000 land mines laid across the world, which kill or maim someone every twenty minutes. Afghanistan has the third highest land mine casualty rate in the world, after Columbia and Cambodia. It is one of the world's most mined countries. This has forced ordinary Afghans to learn to clear land mines for themselves..."

"In the earliest days of humanitarian mine clearance we all knew that some mines are gonna be missed. That's reality. But you want the daily life of the majority of people of a country to be normal, whatever that is."

Farid Homayoun - Halo Demining Program: "The first mine laying was done by the Soviets in the 80s. The second mine laying was done by the Mujhadeen actually and a lot of mines of different origin were used against the Soviets. Then the third layer was actually in the conflict between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance..."

Also on taosplaza.com: Video: Impact of Landmine Activity Across Asia 1.

People & Power - Disarm- 22 Aug 07 - Part 2