MaximsNewsNetwork: JEREMY RENNER: AFGANISTAN: U.N. REMOVING LANDMINES (UNIMAS)

MaximsNewsNetwork: 17 July 2010 - UNIMAS: Kabul, Afghanistan - Actor Jeremy Renner, who starred in Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning war drama, “The Hurt Locker,“ spent five days visiting United Nations (UN) de-mining projects to remove landmines in the Afghan cities of Kabul, Bamyan and Bagram last month. The trip gave Renner a behind the scenes look into what the UN is doing to tackle the landmine issue and learn more about Afghanistan from a wide spectrum of people on the ground. “The Hurt Locker“ which picked up six Oscars including best picture last year, follows a group of soldiers who disarm roadside bombs on the streets of Iraq. So far this year de-miners have cleared or cancelled 63 minefields and three battle areas, destroying more than 11,000 anti-personnel mines, over 400 anti-tank mines and nearly 400,000 explosive remnants of war in the process. At a mine field, Renner had the opportunity to destroy a stockpile of landmines. During his visit,