BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 7. The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has reported on recent humanitarian demining operations in the territories liberated from Armenian occupation from September 30 through October 6, TurkicWorld reports.
According to the agency, a total of 159 anti-personnel and 73 anti-tank mines, as well as 415 unexploded ordnances, were found and defused in Tartar, Aghdam, Aghdara, Lachin, Fuzuli, Shusha, Khojaly, Khankendi, Kalbajar, Khojavand, Jabrayil, Gubadli, and Zangilan last week.
"2,945.1 hectares of land were swept clean of mines and unexploded ordnance during the past week," the agency said.
To note, from 2020 to date, 379 people have fallen victim to mines in Eastern Zangezur and Karabakh, 70 of whom were killed and 309 injured. Meanwhile, 161,000 hectares have been cleared of mines in these regions, with 157,000 mines and unexploded ordnance neutralized.
