Landmines destroy limbs, lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar borderListen to this articleLandmine victim Hossain walks with an artificial leg and crutches and cannot return to his job on a rubber plantation. In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines in increasing numbers. (afp)BANDARBAN, Bangladesh - In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making. Bangladesh's 271 kilometre eastern border with Myanmar cuts through forests, much of it unmarked, as well as rivers. In November, a Bangladesh border guard was killed when a landmine tore off both his legs.

Source: Bangkok Post January 06, 2026 18:22 UTC