FAST FACTS

July to December 2015 (1394 second and third quarters)

ScopeoftheProblem:Thetablebelowshowstheremainingchallengeofminefield1andbattlefieldcontaminationinAfghanistan.
NumberofKnownMinefieldandBattlefieldRemaining
Antipersonnel
Antitank
Battlefield
Total
2,764
1,244
279
4,287

TotalAreaRemaining
(sqkm)
589

NumberofRemaining
Communities
Districts
1,529
241

Provinces
33

AtthebeginningofJuly2015,therewere4,322hazardswithatotalareaof542.6sqkmrecordedinthenationalmineactiondatabase.During
thesetwoquarters,277hazardsmaking17.3sqkmwerereleasedandreturnedbacktocommunities.Howeveroverthepastsixmonths,the
nationwideMEIFCSsurveyresultedintheadditionof242previouslyunrecordedhazardswithanareaof63.7sqkm,bringingtheremaining
contaminationto4,287hazardsand589sqkmofcontaminatedareabythequartersend.

ISAF/NATOFiringRanges:Inadditiontotheabove,surveyandclearancearerequiredon66firingrangesbelongingtotheISAF/NATOtroop
contributingnationsandcoveringanareaof979.4sqkm.FromDecember2012toDecember2015,32suchhazardscoveringanareaof132.2
sqkmweresuccessfullyreleased.

CasualtiesrecordedduringJuly toDecember2015
CivilianCasualties:Inthesecondandthird
quarters of 1394, according to the MAPA
CasualtiesbyGenderCasualtiesbyAgeGroupCasualtiesbyDeviceType
records75civilianswerekilledorinjuredby
mines and explosive remnants of war
(ERW), representing a significant decrease
fromaquarterlyaverageof507mine/ERW
casualtiesrecordedin1380(2001).

Despite the drop off in mine/ERW

casualties, the human cost of pressure
plate IEDs turns into a significant concern
with an average of 84 casualties per month, recorded by UNAMA in the first half of 2015. According to the recent UNAMA report on the
ProtectionofCiviliansinArmedConflict,506civiliancasualties(251killedand255injured)frompressureplateIEDswererecordedbetween1
Januaryand30June2015,showinga38percentincreasefromthesameperiodin2014.Theaveragemine/ERWcasualtiesarerecorded38per
month, while the average PPIED casualties is 84 per month, that sums up to 112 civilian casualties per month; which is devastating and
unfortunate.

Survey:ThetablebelowshowsstatusoftheMineandERWImpactFreeCommunitySurvey(MEIFCS),launchedinMay2012.
CommunityType
Communitiesknowntobeimpacted
Communitiesnotknowntobeimpacted

TargetCommunities

SurveyedCommunities SoFor
1,726
30,722

1,246
45,2522

Clearance:Thetablebelowshowsclearanceoftheminefieldsandbattlefieldsovervaryingtimeperiods.
TimePeriod
2nd&3rdquartersof1394
1stquarterof1394
During1393
Sincebeginningofthe
program1368(1989)

NumberofMinefieldandBattlefieldReleased
Antipersonnel
152
68
562

Antitank
61
47
206

Battlefield
14
6
48

Total
227
121
816

12,713

7,510

3,736

23,959

TotalArea
Released(sqkm)

Numberof
CommunitiesReleased

17.3
8.6
70.5

54
27
156

Number
of
Districts
Released

2,046.5

2,715

114

Mine/ERWRiskEducation:Duringthesetwoquarters,423,039peoplereceivedmine/ERWriskeducationin568communities.Ofthistotal,
41%werefemale,and66%werechildren.ThetablebelowshowsMAPAachievementsovervaryingtimeperiods.
TimePeriod
2nd&3rdquartersof1394
1stquarterof1394
During1393
Sincebeginningoftheprogram1368(1989)

NumberofPeopleReceivedMine/ERWRiskEducation
Trained
Retrained
286,576
161,121
629,458
21,758,768

136,463
84,097
219,561
1,641,009

Under the terms of the APMBT victim activated pressureplate IEDs are considered AP mines; areas contaminated by IEDs are recorded as AP minefield.
Note:MAPAonlyclearsandrecordsIEDswhichareconsiderednolongerpartoftheconflict.Todate78IEDcontaminatedareashavebeencleared,&23remain.

TargetcommunitiesaretakenfromtheMAPAgazetteer,butduringthesurveytheMEIFCSteamshavecomeacrossanincreaseinnumberofcommunities.In
thesecondrow,outof45,252communities,26,650arenotinourgazetteerbutaresurveyedbytheMEIFCSteams.

Victim Assistance: The MAPA implementing partners collaborate with the three Afghan Government ministries that deliver disability
servicesandassistances.Theyare MinistryofLabor,SocialAffairs,MartyrsandDisabled(MoLSAMD),MinistryofPublicHealth(MoPH),and
MinistryofEducation(MoE).Thesetwoquarters15,083civilianvictimsoftherecentconflicts,mine/ERWsurvivorsandotherpersonwith
disabilitywereprovidedwithVAanddisabilitysupportservices;andwiththisthetotalnumberofpeoplewhohavereceivedtheseservices
since1386(2007)is383,298.

DeviceDestruction:ThetablebelowshowsvariousexplosiveitemsdestroyedbytheMAPAimplementingpartnersandtheGovernmentof
theIslamicRepublicofAfghanistan.
TimePeriod
ByMAPA,sincebeginningoftheprogram1368(1989)todate
ByAfghanMinistryofDefense(stockpiledestruction)todate
Total

NumberofDevicesDestroyed
AT
IED
29,037
742
30,850
469
59,887
1,211

AP
701,236
524,178
1,225,414

ERW3
18,058,220items
31,462tonnes

Funding: Through the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) managed Voluntary Trust Fund (VTF) for assistance in mine action,
donor contributions are channeled via UNOPS to the MAPA implementing partners.Bilateral contributions are channeled directly to the
implementingpartners.Thesetablesdisplaythetotalfundingsituationfor1394.
Donors
AARJapan
CanadaDFATDIHA
Denmark
EUECHO
Finland
FrenchDevelopmentAgency
Germany
ICBL
Ireland
MinistryofMinesandPetroleum
Netherlands
Norway
OCHACHF
PATRIP
Sweden
UKDFID
USDOS
Total

BilateralContributions
410,268
807,754
1,349,100
725,864
982,877
373,464
1,669,500
75,000
1,021,734
1,533,846
3,711,627
1,253,132
722,083
274,745
2,059,500
2,893,229
13,355,323
USD33,219,046

Donors
Canada
Finland
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Netherlands
SouthKorea
Switzerland
UK
USAIDACAPIII
TOTAL

VTFContributions
3,322,259
761,810
303,775
2,000,000
3,500
1,184,875
49,900
490,485
6,009,459
9,644,000
USD23,770,063

Thegrandtotaloffundingfortheyear1394isUSD56,989,109.

Workforce: The MAPA workforce totals just over 5,100 humanitarian and another 5,400 commercial personnel working to make
AfghanistanfreeofminesandERWbyMarch2023.Intotal41nationalandinternationalhumanitarianaswellascommercialentitiesare
deliveringactivitiessuchassurveyandmineclearance,mine/ERWriskeducation,victimassistance,capacitybuilding,advocacy,monitoring
andevaluation.Outofthetotal,17humanitarianNGOs(AABRAR,AARJapan,ALSO,ARCS,ATC,CCD,DAFA,DAO,DDG,FSD,HALOTrust,HI,
KOO,MCPA,MDC,OMAR,andSI)and5commercialcompanies(ADC,SDA,SDC,UADC,andWDC)wereoperationalduringthesequarters.

Treaties: The table below shows the Government of Afghanistans status in relation to the international treaties relevant to the mine
actionsector.
Treaties

Signature

Ratification/EntryintoForce

AntiPersonnelMineBanConvention(APMBC)

September11,2002

March01,2003

ConventiononClusterMunitions(CCM)

December03,2008

September08,2011

April10,1981

ConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities(CRPD)
ConventiononCertainConventionalWeapons(CCW)

September18,2012

Acronyms:

AP
AT
BF
MF
ERW
IED
APMBT
UNMACA

Antipersonnel
Antitank
Battlefield
Minefield
Explosiveremnantsofwar
Improvisedexplosivedevice
AntiPersonalMineBanTreaty
UnitedNationsMineActionCentreforAfghanistan

ATC
DAFA
DDG
HALO
MCPA
MDC
OMAR
SDA
UNMAS
UNOPS

AfghanTechnicalConsultants
DeminingAgencyForAfghanistan
DanishDeminingGroup
HazardousAreasLifeSupportOrganizationTrust
MineClearancePlanningAgency
MineDetectionCenter
OrganizationforMineClearance&AfghanRehabilitation
SterlingDeminingAfghanistan
UnitedNationsMineActionService
UnitedNationsOfficeforProjectServices

MAPArecordsthenumberofitemsofERWdestroyedwhereastheMinistryofDefenserecordsthenumberoftonnesdestroyed.

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