The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says explosive remnants of war continue to pose a daily threat to civilians in Afghanistan, warning that sustained financial support for mine-action projects is needed to make communities safer.
In a report published on Wednesday, OCHA said children accounted for 78 percent of casualties caused by explosions involving remnants of past conflicts between January and the end of August 2026.
The UN agency said that despite the continuing risks, funding for mine-action projects in Afghanistan has declined.
Read more…
Source: Kabul Now News
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Afghanistan: 16 People Killed in Attack on Balkh District Police HQ
June 9, 2021
At least 16 people, including 2 civilians, were killed in the recent attack on the police headquarters in Balkh province, and 117 others, including 67 civilians, were wounded, said Mohammad Younus Stanekzai, the Balkh district governor. According to local officials, 10 houses and 80 shops were also damaged in the attack. The security agencies have so far ...
- Afghanistan: 23 Power Pylons Destroyed, Damaged in 1 Month
June 8, 2021
The country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), on Tuesday said that 23 electricity pylons have been destroyed or damaged by explosions in just a month’s time, raising concerns over the stability of the imported power as many areas now face power outages. Three power pylons were damaged by explosions over the last day–two in ...
- Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills 11 people in Badgis
June 6, 2021
At least 11 civilians have been killed in northern Afghanistan when their vehicle set off a land mine, local government officials said on Sunday, accusing the Taliban of planting the roadside bomb. Husamudim Shams, the governor of the northern province of Badgis, said the victims of Saturday’s blast included three children. The 11 passengers were travelling to ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban seize Qaisar district in Faryab after detonating a car bomb
June 6, 2021
Security sources said a car bomb was detonated on Saturday night in Qaisar district and that the Taliban then stormed district police headquarters. According to a member of the Faryab Provincial Council, at least 14 members of the Afghan forces including Qaisar Police Chief Rahman Dehzad were killed and 38 others were captured by the Taliban ...
- Afghan National Police discovered and defused IEDs in Kabul, Faryab, Nimruz and Ghazni provinces
June 5, 2021
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse four IEDs in Kabul and Faryab provinces. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1401093376519426052 ANP bomb disposal unit detected two roadside bombs, planted by terrorists in Nimruz & Ghazni provinces. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1400057927147343872 Source: Ministry of Interior, Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Female journalists killed by IED explosion in Kabul
June 4, 2021
Ariana News confirms the death of one of its female journalists, killed in an IED explosion Thursday evening in Kabul city. Mina Khairi, a female journalist and media worker for Ariana Radio and Television and her mother were killed in the IED explosion at 7:00 PM on Thursday evening. Another female journalist at Ariana News, who does ...
- Afghanistan: Twin blasts in Kabul leave 10 civilians dead, 12 injured
June 2, 2021
Two back-to-back explosions on Tuesday evening rocked capital Kabul city, leaving civilian casualties, officials said. Kabul police confirmed the death of 10 civilians and injury of another 12 Kabul citizens in a twin IED blast on two coaster buses on Tuesday evening. The incident happened in Sar-e-Kariz area of PD3 at around 7:30, on Tuesday evening, the ...
- Afghanistan: 2 Civilians Killed, 10 Wounded in Jalalabad Blast
June 2, 2021
At least two civilians were killed, and 10 other people were wounded in a blast targeting a security force convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said. The blast occurred in the Bargeno area of PD4 in Jalalabad city, the capital of the province, while a security forces convoy ...
- Afghanistan: 4 Killed in Taliban’s Car Bomb Attack on Police HQ in Baghlan
June 1, 2021
Four security force members were killed in a car bomb attack by the Taliban on the police headquarters in Baghlan-e-Markazi district in the northern province of Baghlan on Monday evening, officials said Tuesday. The attack took place at around 6:30 pm local time when a Humvee loaded with explosives was detonated near the police headquarters in ...
- Afghan Security Forces discovered and defused several IEDs in Kabul and Paktika province
May 31, 2021
One Taliban terrorist was killed and two others were wounded in a clash between police and Taliban insurgents in the Khairkut district of Paktika province. Police also prevented six landmines from exploding in several separate reconnaissance operations in the Sarwadah district of Paktika province. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1399327233718763523 Afghan National Army saved lives of tens of civilians in Kabul. 3 ...
- Afghanistan: 6 Killed as blast targets Khaaf Railway personnel in Herat
May 30, 2021
A roadside bomb killed six railway personnel in Afghanistan’s Herat province, an official said. Herat governor, Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali said the incident took place around 2:45 PM on Saturday. Qatali added that the bomb targeted a vehicle carrying the Khaf railway personnel in the Ghorian District of Herat Province. Read more… Source: Khaama Press
- Afghanistan: District Governor Wounded in Bomb Blast in Nangarhar
May 27, 2021
Sharifullah Fazli, the district governor of Kama, and two of his security guards were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday morning, a security official, who wished not to be named, said. The incident happened in Behsud district in Nangarhar province when a magnetic IED bomb attached to the district governor’s ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban blow up a bridge in Nangarhar province
May 26, 2021
Officials in Nangarhar province say a Taliban blew up a bridge in the province, disrupting communications in at least four districts. The Nangarhar provincial press office told RFE / RL that the Taliban destroyed a bridge in the Bawli area of Sorkhrud district last night. According to officials, the bridge connected Sarkhroud, Hesarak, Shirzad and Khogyani districts. https://twitter.com/DaRadioAzadi/status/1397505739653099524 Read ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban killed, female suicide bomber explodes ‘before reaching target’
May 24, 2021
At least eight Taliban insurgents, including Pakistani fighters, have been killed and four others wounded in clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Nangarhar’s Achin and Spinghar districts. This comes as a female suicide bomber and three of her accompanying affiliates were killed before reaching her target in Faryab province. Officials on Monday said, the woman ...
- Afghanistan: Roadside bomb claim lives of four civilians in Ghor province
May 20, 2021
According to reports four members of one family were killed in Ghor province on Thursday morning, local officials told the media. A spokesman for the governor of Ghor Zalmay Karimi told the media that the incident happened in village Kharistan near Firuzkoh, the provincial capital. This comes as 4 civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast ...