Ali Hossain, 40, was collecting firewood early last year when a blast shattered his life. It is crossed daily by villagers, as their families have done for generations, for collecting firewood or trading. Needing 300 takas (US$2.46) a day for medicine, his two young sons now take on his former dangerous task, collecting firewood after school. A Bangladesh border guard was killed in November last year when a landmine tore off both his legs. “This cruelty cannot be legitimized,” said Lieutenant Colonel Kafil Uddin Kayes, a local Border Guard Bangladesh commander.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2026 17:35 UTC