Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Demining Nagorno-Karabakh: Landmines pose risk to returning civilians” – below is their description.
Azerbaijan says up to 10,000sq km (nearly 4,000sq miles) of its territory is contaminated with land mines, unexploded munitions and other remnants of its three-decade conflict with Armenia.
Many of the mines are in residential and agricultural areas and have killed more than 3,500 people.
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from a minefield being cleared in Horadiz in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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