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The Kurdish Peshmerga have defused 7,000 bombs in Kirkuk and other frontlines.
Most of the bombs are defused in areas the Peshmerga reclaimed from ISIS.
These bombs and IEDs are a major problem for the Peshmerga.
The ISIS militants plant them inside homes, public places and roads.
Bomb disposal teams are sent to each area after liberation.
Families not allowed to return until all explosives are removed first.
Jalawla in northern Diyala is one example.
It was reclaimed in November 2014, but only recently families were able to go home.
The Yezidi town of Shingal was taken back in November 2015, but it still has many explosives.
Bomb disposal teams have cleared much of it. Still doing more.
The Peshmerga say the bombs are advanced and laid everywhere. It takes time.
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