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Efforts to remove unexploded cluster "bomblets" commence in Afghanistan

Working from a list provided by coalition forces of where they used cluster bombs in Afghanistan, the United Nations is helping to remove unexploded "bomblets" released in those attacks, a spokesman for the world body said today.

UN estimates some 25,000 unexploded coalition sub-munitions threaten Afghans

Forging estimates based on figures provided by the military coalition operating in Afghanistan, a senior United Nations official today said the country faces danger posed by some 25,000 unexploded sub-munitions.