According to the United Nations, countries with the most land mines include Afghanistan, Angola , Cambodia , Iraq and Kuwait. The numbers are numbing. They cannot express the human toll of farmers killed while plowing their fields and children who have lost legs while playing with brightly colored land mines they thought were toys. Land mines or their threat also affect the livelihood of those living near them. Fear of mines means arable land remains fallow and vital roadways are unusable.
Mines also kill livestock.
Despite the devasatation, not all agree that land mines are inherently bad. Military strategists and their supporters argue that land mines protect the lives of soldiers on the battlefront and that technologies such as self-destructing mines can render the weapons safe for civilians. An overview of the problem of land mines and current efforts to remove and ban them. The Humanitarian Foundation of People Against Landmines - land mine information from an organization dedicated to removing land mines from Angola. External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive.