Portrait of people in Afghanistan who lost part of the body by landmines

The situation in Afghanistan remains conflict still, but according to the UN mine information network, it is estimated that 62 people are not removed or lost their lives or are injured by the remaining landmines .

In December 2010, a portrait of a person who was injured by a landmine and lost part of his body but took a life was taken in Herat in Afghanistan. The figure that the boy who put on the prosthesis and the men who went on the wheelchair showed at the studio is painful but it is finished to feel the reality that it is living there now and a powerful message that makes you feel the misery of war I am leaving.

A portrait of the victims is from below.Scars of war: Mine victims - Picture Stories - msnbc.com

Gholam Rasool (30 years old) in a wheelchair life lost his leg when stepping on a landmine three years ago. Mohammad Aref (35), who is pushing a wheelchair, also lost his legs nine years ago and wore prosthetic legs.


Nader Haidari (37 years old) is one of the victims who stepped on landmines seven years ago and lost their feet.


Farahnaz (30) lost his leg three years ago.


Gholam Sarvar (54) lost her left foot 12 years ago. In this picture I roll up trousers and show prosthetic limbs.


Fatemeh (42 years old) who seems to be helping by standing next to his mother on a wheelchair, she has also lost her foot just three months ago.


Inayatullah (48) who lost his feet eight years ago due to a mine explosion sells prepaid cards for mobile phones to make a living.


Mohammad Aref (35) lost her left foot nine years ago.


Jan Agha who is 8 years old still loses his right foot a year ago.


Just two weeks before shooting this picture, Abdol Hamid, 5 years old, was injured by a landmine.


In order from the right, Azizallah, Hashmat, Jalil, and Vali Allah. Everyone has lost their feet.


Aziz Allah (49) who was forced to live on one foot 10 years ago by landmines.


Police officer Mohammad (44 years old) also lost his legs with landmines 18 years ago.


Gardener Noor Mohammad (46) has lost both feet when trampling a landmine 20 years ago.


According to the "Electronic Mine Information Network" exercising the landmine eradication campaign, the countries of about 70 countries are still exposed to the dangers of landmines or unexploded ordnance that have become a souvenir without war without war It seems to be.

Also, according to a survey of the United Nations, it is said that mines are buried in 300 square miles of land totaled by Afghanistan. And in 2010 we estimate that $ 589 million was spent for landmine removal movements.

Looking at the pictures of the victims in this way, it seems that they are aware of the misery of the war and the depth of the roots.