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Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Status Explosive Remnants of War In Afghanistan CCW Protocol V- Meeting of Experts Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi Director, DMAC ERW

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Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs

Status Explosive Remnants of War In Afghanistan

CCW Protocol V- Meeting of Experts

Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi Director, DMAC

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ERW Remaining recorded contamination

239 BFs = 89 Sq km 171 BFs = 244 Sq km

410 BFs = 333 Sq km

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Negative Consequence of mine/ERW on populations

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Civilian Casualties in past 12 months July 2018-June 2019

16 624 808 1,448

1.1% 43.1% 55.8% 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 Mine ERW IM Total

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70 126 89 93 135 139 98 210 304 204 98 278 346 307 295 307 310 271 394 774 420 201

400 600 800 1,000 1,200 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Civilian Deaths and Injured from Explosive Remnants of War

Death Injured

2009 – 2019

348 472 396 388 442 449 369 604 1,078 624 299

CIVCAS by ERW

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ERW CIVCAS by Gender

Women 2% Men 17% Girls 9% Boys 72%

Civilian Casualties - Explosive Remnants of War

January 2009 to July 2019

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ERW Explosion on 29 April 2018 4 family members Killed and 7 Children With Amputated Legs

Two children picked the object up.

The night before the Taliban had fought Afghan soldiers nearby.

Killing 4 family members (Jalil, 4-

year old Marwa and her twin sister and their Mother.)

Seven survivors – 5 of them lost a

leg, and two of them lost both legs

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Historical Achievement

3,976 Battlefields, 1,060 Sq Km

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Source: IMSMA

Devices Destroyed (including MoD stockpile destruction)

Total Devices destroyed 19,595,214

Historical Achievements…

AP : 1,259,532 AT : 61,367 ERW : 18,273,056 VOIED : 1,259

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73 136 290 422 774 761 423 177 173 1502 1595 1705 1910 514 1414 216 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 No of Call No of Deice

Total Device 9,346 Destroyed

Destruction of Spot ERWs through providing response to Hotline Calls

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Measures Taken

National Security Council CIVCAS

Mitigation Board

Mechanism (MoU) for implementation
f Protocol V
Coordination between MoD, MoI &

DMAC (Division of Responsibility)

Emergency Response Teams

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Implementation Mechanism

Inclusion of P V in MoD & MoI Training curriculums
Data collection, information sharing, database within MoD & MoI
Clearance / Marking
National reporting on P V
Facilitating access
CASVAC
Preventive measures

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Funding shortfall
Ongoing fighting
Insecurity/access
Records
Scrap collection

General challenges posed by MAPA

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