Demining Herat: Making land safe in Afghanistan’s ‘bread basket’. How UK aid and the HALO Trust are helping farmers grow again.
In the west of Herat province in western Afghanistan, just a few miles from the border with Iran, what looks like a desert is being transformed into fertile, arable fields. A brand new tractor appears to be busily at work, ploughing a vast tract of land.
But as you get closer, you realise that this is no ordinary tractor; it’s armoured, and it’s not ploughing. It’s actually digging up landmines…
Source: dfid.gov.uk
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