article_snippet: The mines are a legacy of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and children are particularly vulnerable to the blasts when children go out to play or tend to children herds of cattle.
article_snippet: The mines are a legacy of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980's .
article_snippet: Craig said: 'Some mines are intentionally designed with minimum metal to make detection difficult. '
article_snippet: Devices found in Afghanistan: (From the left) The Italian TC-6 antitank blast mine - minimum metal and hard to detect- the Russian PMN-2 antipersonnel blast mine and finally a Russian PMN antitank mine, perhaps the most abundant mine on Earth .
article_snippet: The mines are often buried several inches into soil, making The mines extra hard to detect .
article_snippet: An unidentified mine-hunter kneels down next to an unexploded device that he's found buried in the ground .
article_snippet: The process will continue until all the fields are cleared of mines.
article_snippet: After mines are found mines are destroyed in a controlled explosion.
highlights_snippet: The mines are a legacy of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980's .
  