Videocrux - IED's pose threat to many on roads in Afghanistan

#Videocrux - IED's pose threat to many on roads in Afghanistan IED's pose threat to many on roads in Afghanistan
Roadside explosive devices, or IEDs, now pose a threat on many roads in Afghanistan. As the Taliban insurgency spreads, military, as well as civilian casualties are growing.
Afghan IED victims gets their new limbs
At the Ali Abad Orthopaedics Centre in Kabul, men, women and children learn to use their new limbs. While some were injured in accidents, at least 80 per cent of these patients are victims of mines, including improvised explosive devises, or IEDS; the weapon-of-choice for Taliban insurgents. Joma Khan lost his leg a year ago when his car drove over an explosive. Afghans like Joma Khan who lost his leg a year ago when his car drove over an explosive. Once a wheat farmer, he hasn’t been able to work since. With no money, three of his children have been forced to leave school. Khan blames the Taliban.
Doctors also concerned about psychological scars
He’s being fitted with a prosthetic at one of six treatment centers run by the International Committee for the Red Cross in Afghanistan. This center treats up to 200 patients a day. Their needs are so urgent that staff make their own prosthetics. But they know there is little they can do to heal the psychological scars. Najmuddin Helal, Head of Orthotics Center, International Committee for the Red Cross saying “You know when you loose part of the body always you think that you lost your life. And you loose your hope for your life.”
Hard life of Afghan IED victims
Joma Khan is still struggling to put his life back together. Once a mujahedeen fighter against the Russian invasion, the proud farmer must now rely on his young children to support him. Three daughters have left school to work as carpet weavers.
Two mine accidents take place everyday
As the families learn to live with their new reality, aid groups warn at least two new mine accidents take place everyday leaving many more shattered lives.

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