Sri Lanka's target to be free of land mines by 2028 is under threat as US reviews aid

Sri Lanka's target to be free of land mines by 2028 is under threat as US reviews aid

Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in its decades-long separatist war and later took to clearing the land mines on the same battle lines

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