Azerbaijani ANAMA reveals number of defused mines, unexploded ordnances on liberated lands

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. The Azerbaijan
National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has released weekly data on
landmine clearance activities on the country’s liberated lands,
Trend reports
citing the agency.

According to the ANAMA, 209 anti-personnel landmines, 400
anti-tank mines, and 469 unexploded ordnances were found and
defused in Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli,
Lacin, Jabrayil, and Zangilan, as part of the de-mining process
from March 13 through March 25, 2023.

A total area of 1,126 hectares was cleared of mines and
unexploded ordnances, ANAMA added.

Following the liberation of its lands from Armenian occupation
in the second Karabakh war, Azerbaijan from Nov. 2020 started
carrying out operations on clearing its lands of mines, booby
traps, and various weapons left behind by the Armenian troops.

As part of the de-mining process 11 anti-personnel landmines, 37
anti-tank mines, and 328 unexploded ordnances were found and
defused in Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli,
Lacin, Jabrayil, and Zangilan, as part of the de-mining process
from March 6 through March 11, 2023.

In 2022, ANAMA has cleared over 8,780 anti-personnel, 4,133
anti-tank landmines, as well as 14,950 unexploded ordnances from
41,915 hectares of land.