People in South Waziristan have begun a sit-in after an 11-year-old boy was killed in a landmine explosion in Sararogha.
According to reports, 11-year-old Sher Ali was killed in a landmine blast yesterday.
Protesters are staging a sit-in along with the dead body of the boy, demanding to demine the region.
ہمارے وطن میں لینڈ مائنز کی اس فصل کو کسی اور نے بویا جب کے کاٹ ہمارے بچے رہے ہیں۔
کل لینڈ مائن دھماکے میں شیر علی نامی شہید بچے کی لاش سمت دھرنا شروع ہو گیا ہے اور حکومت سے لینڈ مائنز کی صفائی کا مطالبہ کر رہے ہیں۔
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03310493085#DemineExFATA pic.twitter.com/dyGcSxNErA— Alam Zaib Mahsud (@AlamZaibPK) April 17, 2023
In 2017, Pakistan reported the highest number of casualties in the world due to landmine explosions, mostly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as the country continues to hold one of the biggest stockpiles of landmines in the world, despite human rights activists protesting it.
A large number of landmines in the country are remnants of the war on terrorism. Pakistan has also used landmines on its borders due to conflicts with India, while non-state actors have also planted landmines.
Innocent civilians and mostly children suffer the most due to landmine explosions.
In February this year, at least two children were wounded when a landmine exploded in Mir Ali, a tehsil in North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 14-year-old Mohsin Ahmed and 10-year-old Amir Aziz were playing near Al-Quresh Petrol Pump when the landmine exploded due to which both the children were critically injured.
