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Civil War Destruction Civil War Destruction
Mostar, Bosnia, and Herzegovina Mostar, Bosnia, and Herzegovina

Civil War Destruction

Civil War Destruction
Civil war erupted in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the republic declared its independence in 1992. Ethnic Serbs who opposed the declaration battled for territory against Croats and Bosniaks. Many cities in Bosnia were reduced to rubble. Here, government employees in the capital city of Sarajevo clear the damage after a government building was struck by an artillery shell. A peace accord signed in December 1995 brought the war to an end.
REUTERS/THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE
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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo
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