‘That’s one I laid’ – How ex-Taliban are helping IED clear-up in Afghanistan

Fighting has died down in much of Aghanistan, but it is considered the most repressive country in the world for women (Saifullah Zahir/AP) - (AP)

Former Taliban fighters are now helping the world’s largest landmine-clearing charity locate bombs which they planted during the long war against coalition forces in Afghanistan.

One of the Halo Trust’s leaders has told how during a journey to investigate a roadside bomb near Kandahar, one of their convoy’s security guards unexpectedly pointed to the device and declared: “That’s one I laid.”