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Afghanistan has no local ownership requirements and its Constitution does not allow for nationalization. The 20% corporate tax rate was the lowest in the region. Afghanistan's mining industry was at a primitive artisanal stage of development; the operations were all low-scale and output was supplied to local and regional markets. The government ...
The skirmishes took place over many locations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Wana, Dera Ismail Khan, Shangla, Khost, and Paktika. [12] Subsequent attacks were also launched in Turbat and Gwadar in Balochistan province, by the Balochistan Liberation Army.
24 December 2021 – A clash took place between the Taliban-run Afghan forces and Pakistani Frontier Corps at several points along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. According to Afghan villagers and tribal elders, Pakistani forces started shelling parts of Kunar province in response to firing by militants associated with Tehrik-i-Taliban ...
HALO's first programme began operations in Afghanistan, clearing landmines left by the departing Soviet military. [5] The next major programme to open, in 1991, was in Cambodia. [6] HALO attracted global coverage in January 1997 when Diana Princess of Wales visited a minefield being cleared by HALO employees in Huambo, Angola. [7]
U.S. officials say they are racing to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as possible before the end of the month, when America's 20-year military presence in the country is scheduled to end.
A landmine warning sign in Cambodia. Cambodia is a country located in Southeast Asia that has a major problem with land mines, especially in rural areas. This is the legacy of three decades of war which has taken a severe toll on the Cambodians; it has some 40,000 + amputees, which is one of the highest rates in the world. [1]
In 2011, the number of landmines dispersed is higher than ever since 2004, landmines being dispersed in Libya, Syria, and Myanmar. [ 127 ] Turkey reported that between 1957 and 1998, Turkish forces laid 615,419 antipersonnel mines along the Syrian border "to prevent illegal border crossings".
North Korean soldiers have been installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland along the front line for months despite accidents, South Korea's military said on Wednesday. North Korea's ...