Afghan children stand by destroyed tanks on the side of the road near
the Bagram airport as they watch a demining team preparing a control
detonation December 10, 2001. Demining teams face a nightmare task
returning to work in Afghanistan with front lines fluid. Estimated
number of the landmines and unexploded bombs and shells littering the
country after more than two decades of war range from 600,000 to 10
million. REUTERS/Peter Andrews

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