Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Improvised Explosive Devices 2018 Session of the Group of Experts CCW Amended Protocol II Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi Director, DMAC
Objective of the presentation: To provide an overview on the scale and challenges of Improvised Explosive Devices in Afghanistan
Recent/New Contamination In Total 270 hazards with a total size of 421 sq km area identified
CIVCAS by types non-suicide IEDs (Jan – Dec 2017) ▪ 1,856 CIVCAS (624 deaths & 1,232 injuries)
CIVCAS by non-suicide IEDs (2009-2017)
Source: UNAMA Mid Year Repot 2017
Civilian Casualties (Mine, ERW Including Abandoned Improvised Mine “AIM” ) Jan to Dec 2017 48% 49% 4% Average 171 casualties / month Source: IMSMA
Impact of PPIEDs on civilians May 2017 Detonation of a Victim Activated Improvised on a vehicle carrying civilians to a wedding party in May 2017 killed all 11 members of one family in Logar Province
Scope of Known AIM Contamination Total: 187 ( 235.8 sqkm) • IMSMA Recorded Hazards: 34 (7.8 sqkm) • Initially Assessed IED sites : 152 ( 228 sqkm)
Abandoned AIM Survey and Clearance in Kajaki District of Helmand Province
Abandoned AIM Survey and Clearance in Nowzad District of Helmand
Strategy for engaging HMA in AIM Clearance Field Operations National Capacity Development Resource Mobilization & Equipments Policy/Strategy & Standards DMAC/UNMAS/IPs TWG National & International Legal Framework
Neutrality of HMA ▪ Clear Policy/strategy separate from C-IED Strategy ▪ Clear definitions for AIEDs ▪ Criteria to separate the APPIEDs from other IEDs ▪ Work based on humanitarian necessity ▪ Maintain close liaison with communities ▪ Destruction rather than disarmament
IED capacity with NSF: • Two EOD/IED Training Centers in Kabul and Mazar • Ministry of Interior: # of available IED/EOD Teams: 150 • Ministry of Defense: # of available C-IED Teams: 189 .
DMAC Contacts +93 708 606060 info@dmac.gov.af Websites: www.dmac.gov.af
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