FILE PHOTO: A member of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) demining team searches for landmines in Khazer, Iraq December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily/File Photo
OSLO (Reuters) - The global casualty toll of landmines doubled in 2018 from a 2013 low due to conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria and Mali and mostly due to the increased use of improvised landmines set by militant groups such as Islamic State.
Representatives from affected nations, non-governmental organisations and donor countries are gathered in Oslo this week to discuss how to achieve the stated aim of making the world free of landmines in 2025.
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