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From April 13 through 19, 17 anti-tank mines, 62 anti-personnel mines, and 460 pieces of unexploded ordnance were detected and neutralized, according to the weekly update of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) on humanitarian demining operations carried out in the liberated territories, Report informs.

ANAMA says that 1,455 hectares of territory have been cleared of mines.

Demining operations have been carried out by ANAMA, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES), the State Border Service (SBS), and four private companies in the territories of Tartar, Aghdara, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly, Khankandi, Shusha, Khojavand, Lachin, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, and Zangilan, as well as in the villages of Baghanis Ayrim, Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili of the Gazakh district, which were liberated from occupation.

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