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Outskirts of Penjuin, Iraqi Kurdistan. June 1997..A woman observes the Iran border which cuts accross the mountains. The entire area is planted with unexploded antipersonnel and antibank bombs. This peasant woman watched helplessly as her husband and two of her three children were blown up by a mine...Iraqi Kurdistan is in northern Iraq. The Kurds have been persecuted throughout their history and have suffered abuse in Iraq, Iran and Syria. These photographs were taken in 1997/1998 at the end of the war between KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) and PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan). The reportage shows the situation of the country 10 years after Saddam Hussein bombed the area. The images depict a population tormented by land mines and show the work of international aid organisations like Gino Strada's Emergency. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Francesco Zizola)