In Afghanistan, the guns have fallen silent, but the war remains buried beneath the soil in the form of deadly explosive items, including landmines and unexploded remnants of war. The European Union supports mine clearance efforts so communities can safely use land for farming, housing, and schools, while also funding risk education and providing medical and rehabilitation support to survivors.
Afghanistan is one of the most mine-affected countries in the world, a legacy of successive wars that left millions of explosive remnants scattered across villages, mountains, and fields. Many of these devices were planted years ago, and their locations were never recorded.
Read more…
Source: European Commission
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- 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 ...
- Afghanistan: ANDSF discovered and defused IEDs in Zabul and Helmand provinces
May 19, 2021
As a result of several separate operations in the Arghandab district of Zabul province, special police units discovered and defused 16 roadside bombs yesterday. The terrorists wanted to kill civilians in this province by blowing up these mines. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1395028844839677953 11 Taliban terrorists killed & seven others wounded in two separate clashes with ANDSF in PD#10, Lashkar Gah City ...
- Afghanistan: Policeman Killed in Nangarhar Roadside Mine Blast
May 18, 2021
A policeman was killed in a roadside bomb blast that targeted a police vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, security sources said. The blast occurred in Jalalabad city when the vehicle of the police chief of PD8 of Jalalabad was hit by a roadside mine, the source said. “One of the bodyguards of Khwaja Mohabbat, ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban demolishes bridge, launches offensive in Herat province
May 18, 2021
Local officials said that Taliban launched attacks on Obe district in western Herat province. Waheed Qatali Herat’s governor said Tuesday that the Taliban launched their attacks by demolishing a bridge that connected Obe district with other parts of the Herat province. Following the destruction of the bridge Taliban attacked government security positions in the region, Qatali said. Read ...
- Accident blast kills 3 Taliban militants in West Afghanistan
May 17, 2021
Three Taliban militants were killed on Monday morning when a homemade improvised roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, the local government confirmed. The incident occurred along a district road in Adraskan district, in the south of provincial capital Herat city early Monday, the government said in a statement. Read more… Source: XINHUANET
- Cleaning up the mess: the deadly danger still left behind in Afghanistan
May 16, 2021
As the winter snow slowly retreated from the hills and villages of Bamiyan province in Afghanistan, a re-energised force stepped once more into the light. Like the rest of the country’s population, the people of this central province with an enduring link to Aotearoa have a wary eye out for the re-emergence of the Taliban. Memories ...
- Afghanistan: 3rd Electricity Pylon Destroyed in Kabul in 2 Weeks
May 13, 2021
A week after two power pylons were destroyed in Kabul’s Mirbacha Kot district, on Wednesday night unidentified men blew up another power plant in Kalakan district. On Thursday morning, as an engineer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) was trying to repair a destroyed power pylon in the Kalakan district, a landmine in the area detonated, ...
- Afghanistan: Separate blasts kill 11 civilians on first day of truce
May 13, 2021
A roadside bomb struck a car in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, killing five civilians, including a woman and children, said Jamal Naser Barekzai a spokesman for the provincial police. In another incident, two children were killed and three adults wounded when a roadside bomb exploded beneath a taxi in the Maiwand district of ...
- UN Security Council Condemns Kabul’s Deadly School Attack
May 11, 2021
The members of the Security Council condemned in “the strongest terms the atrocious and cowardly terrorist attack that took place in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 8 May 2021,” the UN said in a statement on Monday night. The attack, which took place at Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in Kabul’s District 13, resulted in the ...
- Afghanistan: 48 IEDs discovered and destroyed in Kandahar Province by Afghan National Army
May 11, 2021
Afghan National Army saved lives of tens of civilians in Zheria-Maiwand roads, Kandahar Province today. 48 IEDs which were placed by Taliban terrorists on public roads to kill civilians were discovered & safely detonated, 17 Taliban were killed and tense hideouts were destroyed during operation of ANA https://twitter.com/MoDAfghanistan/status/1392165360770617349 Source: Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Will Suicide Bombing Stop After a ‘Peace Settlement’?
May 10, 2021
Kabul-based analyst Kanishka Nawabi explores the factors behind suicide attacks, and why they will continue Suicide bombing has become routine in Afghanistan, but it wasn’t always so. The reasons why suicide bombing began in Afghanistan, and why it is likely to continue past a peace settlement or some form of Taliban return to power, are worth exploring. ...