BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 25. Azerbaijan's Mine Action Agency has announced the number of mines and unexploded ordnance found in the territories liberated from occupation last week, the agency told Trend.
During the mine clearance operations conducted from September 11 through September 17 in Azerbaijan's Terter, Khojavend, Shusha, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrail, Lachin, Gubadli and Zangilan, 18 anti-personnel mines, 11 anti-tank mines and 40 unexploded ordnance were discovered and defused. An area of 379.9 hectares was cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance.
During the mine clearance operations conducted from September 4 through September 10, 31 anti-personnel and 12 anti-tank mines, as well as 214 unexploded ordnance were found and defused in Azerbaijan's Terter, Khojavend, Shusha, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrail, Lachin, Gubadli and Zangilan. An area of 5,246 hectares was checked.