Nagorno-Karabakh: Land still laced with mines, year after war

A year after intense fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, the territory is still so heavily laced with mines and unexploded weaponry that it could take more than 10 years to be fully cleared.

Over the past year, thousands of munitions have been removed but de-mining agencies say a lack of resources and insufficient information are complicating the clean-up operation.

As well as a large number of landmines across both sides, Halo Trust says the biggest challenge on Armenian-held territory is cluster munitions, which scatter submunitions or bomblets over a wide area.