Casualties Surge From Land Mines and Improvised Explosives December 17, 2017 | No Comments Despite the international treaty that bans land mines, casualties from such weapons rose to more than 8,600 in 2016, the highest since 1999. Powered by Fake News Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament, Civilian Casualties, Improvised Explosive Devices, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Mines, Explosive , law, news, politics, society