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Afghanistan signs two $4.1 million agreements to clear landmines
Two agreements worth $4.1 million were signed in Afghanistan to address landmines and explosive remnants of war. The agreements cover clearance efforts, risk awareness, victims’ needs and prioritizing areas that pose a threat to life.
Two agreements were implemented in Afghanistan to address landmines and explosive remnants of war left by decades of conflict. Worth a total of $4.1 million, the agreements aim to clear contaminated areas across the country.
The agreements were signed between the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority and the Danish Refugee Council’s Mine Action Programme. The signing took place during a meeting between Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the Afghan agency’s director general, and J. Opreti, the Danish programme’s director general.
Priority will be given to areas that threaten lives
The parties discussed expanding cooperation and implementing mine-clearance projects, as well as raising awareness of mine-related risks and addressing victims’ needs. The work also includes clearing areas contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war.
Turabi said he was pleased with the cooperation with the Danish programme and called for clearance operations in contaminated areas to be accelerated. He said coordination between the Afghan disaster management agency and the Mine Action Coordination Directorate should continue effectively, and called for priority to be given to areas posing the greatest threat to people’s lives and safety.
Opreti also provided information about the organization’s new projects. He said cooperation and coordination needed to continue in order to reduce the risks posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war.
Landmines and explosives killed 92 people last year
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said Afghanistan ranks third in the world for deaths caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance. After decades of conflict, millions of explosive remnants of war were scattered across the country’s villages, mountains and fields.
Landmines and other explosives killed at least 92 people and injured 379 others in Afghanistan last year. The UN mission said more than two-thirds of the victims were children.
According to data from the United Nations Mine Action Service, more than 45,000 civilians have been killed or injured in Afghanistan by landmines and explosive remnants of war since 1989.
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