Nearly 1,500 hectares of land cleared of mines in Azerbaijan last week

Twenty-one anti-tank mines, 124 anti-personnel mines, and 417 pieces of unexploded ordnance were discovered and neutralized in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories between August 18 and 24, according to a weekly update by the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) on humanitarian demining operations.

In total, 1,459.4 hectares of land were cleared of mines and explosive devices.

Demining operations were conducted by ANAMA in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES), the State Border Service (SBS), and four private companies.

Operations took place in Tartar, Aghdara, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly, Khankandi, Shusha, Khojavand, Lachin, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, and Zangilan, as well as the liberated villages of Baghanis Ayrim, Ashagi Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili in the Gazakh district.