UK aid to ensure that Afghanistan's Herat Province is landmine free by 2018

4 Apr 2013 03:17 PM

International Development Secretary Justine Greening pledges new British support for mine clearance charity The HALO Trust.

The Afghan Province of Herat will be completely free of landmines in the next five years, International Development Secretary Justine Greening pledged recently (4 April 2013), as she announced new British support for mine clearance charity The HALO Trust.

Speaking on International Mine Awareness Day, Justine Greening said that the support, worth £9.23m over the next five years, would enable HALO to clear all remaining landmines and unexploded ordnance in the province.

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