Cambodia's Hidden Mine Fields

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40-year-old spy satellite photos are helping find forgotten land mines in Cambodia

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Over 10 million anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines and other explosives may have been scattered across Cambodia 's land during the decades of fighting.

The HALO Trust has been working in Cambodia since the 1990s , helping to scour hundreds of square miles of contaminated land.

Since the war's end in 1998 , over 20,000 people have been killed and 45,000 injured in mine accidents in Cambodia .

Cambodia has cleared about 1,200 square miles ( 3,100 square kilometers ) of mine-contaminated land.

The country hopes to be rid of land mines completely by 2030 .

Tereza is a London -based science and technology journalist, aspiring fiction writer and amateur gymnast.

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