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17-04-2008  Photo Collection  
Afganistan: landmine survivors play football
As the clock counts down to Euro 2008 ™, the ICRC and UEFA have teamed up to help the survivors of landmines in Afghanistan through the www.scorefortheredcross.org campaign. Recently, a group of Afghan landmine victims organized a football match outside the ICRC's orthopaedic centre in Kabul to show their support for the charitable campaign.

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A young landmine survivor in Kabul looks on as the game is about to start.


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A man places his prosthetic leg on an official Euro 2008 ™ Score for the Red Cross football.


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Shooting to score for the Red Cross.


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The team captain blows the whistle.


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It's estimated that around 60 adults and children, like this little girl, are killed or maimed by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan each day.


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The game draws a good crowd of spectators outside the orthopaedic centre.


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The ICRC orthopaedic centre in Kabul is the organization's largest in the world.


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Kabul, Ali Abad orthopaedic centre. Patients at the training section.


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Kabul, In Ali Abad orthopaedic centre, all the locally recruited staff are disabled


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Workers and patients from the Kabul orthopaedic centre get ready to play.


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Playing football offers landmine survivors a chance to forget about their injuries and focus on the game – even if it's just for a short while.


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Most of the people who work at the orthopaedic centre in Kabul are themselves landmine victims.


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Children with spine-related injuries are able to watch the game from their hospital beds.


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A young football fan, who was disabled by a landmine, gets ready to pass the ball to one of the players.


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Children are often injured by landmines and other types of unexploded munitions when they are playing.


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The centre provides landmine victims with artificial limbs, as well as vocational training and physical therapy.


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Kabul, Ali Abad orthopaedic centre. Physiotherapist treating a child.


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