Stories written by Esmatullah Mayar

Afghanistan a Minefield for the Innocent

By Esmatullah Mayar
Efforts to clear Afghanistan of landmines have been painfully slow. At least 45 people on average lose their limbs every month to deadly anti-personnel mines, according to the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan, formerly a project of the UN Mine Action Service, and now a national entity.

No Homecoming Where Taliban Rules

By Esmatullah Mayar
Nematullah Wardak from Sayedabad in Maidan Wardak province works in Kabul. For two years he has not returned to his village, a bus journey from the Afghan capital, for fear of the Taliban.


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