Donald Trump will allow US troops to use landmines again by overturning an Obama administration ban on the explosives that have killed about 130,000 civilians over the past two decades, a report says. Donald Trump will reportedly allow US troops to use landmines again and the decision is expected to be announced in the coming days. The Obama policy prevented the used of weapons such as the Gator munition which is dropped from planes. The woman who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize together with International Campaign to Ban Landmines, blasted the decision Thursday. Trump's policy rollback is a step toward the past, like many of his other decisions, ' Jody Williams told CNN.

Source: Daily Mail January 30, 2020 22:16 UTC