Mine clearance in Kurdistan is proceeding too slowly, Kurdistan Satellite TV said on 11 November. It noted that the clearance of a 240-square kilometer field in the Fish Khabur area of Zakho took nine months. In that area alone there were some 5,000 mines. If the clearance process proceeds at current rates, "it will take decades," the station said. At present, the station added, much of Iraqi Kurdistan is planted with ...