India, Pakistan are largest producers of landmines: report

Posted on December 19, 2007 0 Comments24

 


* Report declares that 160 sq kms in Jammu and 1,730 sq kms in Kashmir still heavily mined in India
* Says villages on LoC and areas in North and South Waziristan agencies mined in Pakistan


NEW DELHI: Despite the peace process and a ceasefire holding along the borders, India and Pakistan together are the largest produces of landmines in the world, stockpiling at least 11 million antipersonnel mines.
The annual Landmine Monitor Report for 2007 released here stated that while an estimated four to five million antipersonnel mines existed in India (the sixth largest stockpile in the world), Pakistan had six million antipersonnel mines (the fifth largest total in the world).
The report further stated that although both the countries had banned export of landmines, their footprints had been found in countries like Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Tanzania and Sudan.
The report, which is part of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)

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