Jeffrey S J
Medical Division, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland.
J Accid Emerg Med. 1996 Sep;13(5):343-6. doi: 10.1136/emj.13.5.343.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has surgically treated 49 946 war wounded from all sides of the Afghan conflict. Two hospitals were established in Peshawar (1981) and Quetta (1983) on the Afghan border of Pakistan and inside Afghanistan in Kabul (1988). One quarter of all war wounded were injured as a result of antipersonnel mines. In 1980 a UN weapons convention adopted specific rules on the use of land mines, yet despite this, mines are still present and causing casualties long after the ceasefire. In the ICRC hospital Peshawar, 48% of all war wounded in the last year were injured as a result of mines. Non-combatants accounted for 34%, with the majority being children < 16 years old (25%); 78% of all mine injured people claimed to be returning refugees, of whom 37% had returned within three months. A significant increase in injuries occurred in children, from 14% in 1990 to 25% in 1992. For a country recovering from war, the presence of mines causes a serious environmental, social, and economic burden, and for the victims, continued tragedy not only for their families but also the whole country for many years to come.
红十字国际委员会（ICRC）已对阿富汗冲突各方的49946名战争伤员进行了外科治疗。在巴基斯坦与阿富汗边境的白沙瓦（1981年）和奎达（1983年）以及阿富汗境内的喀布尔（1988年）设立了两家医院。所有战争伤员中有四分之一是因杀伤人员地雷而受伤。1980年，一项联合国武器公约通过了关于地雷使用的具体规则，然而尽管如此，地雷在停火很久之后仍然存在并造成人员伤亡。在红十字国际委员会白沙瓦医院，去年所有战争伤员中有48%是因地雷受伤。非战斗人员占34%，其中大多数是16岁以下的儿童（25%）；所有因地雷受伤的人员中有78%声称是返乡难民，其中37%是在三个月内返回的。儿童受伤人数显著增加，从1990年的14%增至1992年的25%。对于一个正在从战争中恢复的国家来说，地雷的存在造成了严重的环境、社会和经济负担，而对于受害者而言，持续的悲剧不仅降临到他们的家庭，而且在未来许多年里还会影响整个国家。
