Mine and ERW casualties analysis report Q 2 ( July-Sep

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Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA)
Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan &
Department of Mine Clearance (DMC)
Landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Casualties Report
2nd Quarter 1393 (July – Sep 2014)
Background:
Mine action in Afghanistan encompasses all pillars of mine action: advocacy, survey and
clearance, stockpile destruction, mine risk education (MRE) and Victim Assistance (VA). Mine
action activities reach out to almost every corner of the country. Within this context, the
Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations are working in partnership to implement this
vast undertaking through joint responsibility for the coordination, including planning, management,
and quality assurance, of all mine action activities in Afghanistan.
Introduction:
Large populations of Afghans are still living in some 1,625 contaminated communities throughout
the country. An estimated 511 square kilometres of land contaminated by different types mine and
ERW containing 4,301 hazardous areas in different parts of the country which are still requires
clearance 1 . Also there are 558 2 square kilometres land of NATO/ISAF firing ranges newly
surveyed in the country.
It is through a combination of clearance and mine risk education to reach most impacted
communities by mine and specially ERW that has reduced the number of Afghans falling victim to
mines and ERW over the past years.
Casualties’ data:
Number of mine/ERW casualties during 2nd Quarter 1393 (July-Sep 2014):
There were 91 casualties3 in 2nd quarter 1393, casualties by ERW/UXO (93 %) and casualties by
mine (7%) which caused 24 (26 %) killed and 67 (74%) injured. The data has been adjusted which
is clearly identifying Injured from Killed.
1
th
Data from national mine action database appeared on 14 Oct 2014 at 03:55 pm and encompasses field activities and
assessments that occurred until the end of Sep -2014.
2
th
Data from national mine action data base, appeared on 14 Oct 2014 at 03:55 pm that occurred until the end of Sep 2014
3
th
Data is as appear in mine action database on 20 Nov 2014 at 9:30 am that occurred until end of Sep 2014.The data reflected in
this report may fluctuate due to additional data being received from field
Injured and Killed 2nd quarter 1393
26%
Injured
Killed
74%
Chart 1: percentages killed and injured Q 2 1393
Out of 91 casualties 85 are due to ERW/UXO and 6 are due to mine reported by the Mine Action
Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) implementing partners and civil society associated agencies4 .
Bellow pie charts separate those injured and killed by mine and ERW.
Killed & injured by Mine
Killed & Inured by ERW
17%
27%
Death
Death
Injured
Injured
73%
83%
Chart 2: percentages killed injured by mine and ERW Q 2 1393
The following charts show the disaggregated data by gender (girls, boys, men and women)
3%
Killed
Injured
9%
17%
8%
Girls
22%
Girls
Boys
Boys
Men
66%
Women
Men
75%
Chart 3: percentage of mine and ERW casualties killed and injured by age and gender Q 2 1393
4
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has a national network of data collection staff and volunteers who are the predominant
data collection and providers for the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) and MAPA. They collect data from
number of different health facilities throughout the country support by different health, education and social service organizations.
The number of victims who were injured and killed during Q 2 1393 represent 78% of children, out
of 70 children, following pie chart shows the percentage of children who were going and not going
to school.
Go to
school
23%
Don’t go to
school
77%
Chart 4: Percentage of children casualties going and not going to school Q 2 1393
Landmine/ERW Causalities by Province:
18
16
14
12
Male
Female
11
10
8
14
3
2
2
2
1
1
Nangrahar
Khost
Laghman
3
Ghor
3
Ghazni
4
Kabul
5
Kandahar
Badakhshan
6
Baghlan
1
Faryab
Hirat
0
1
2
Helmand
7
6
Kunar
2
Zabul
7
4
Badghis
10
Maydan Wardak
6
Chart 5: mine and ERW casualties by gender and province Q 2 1393
Percentages of Mine/ERW Causalities by region:
The following pie indicates the percentages of Casualties for each region
Mine/ERW casualities by Region
South East
3%
Central
10%
West
27%
East
20%
North
12%
South
14%
North East
14%
Chart 6: percentage of mine and ERW casualties by region Q2 1393
Activities of Persons that were engaged in when accidents occurred:
other
7%
Travelling
8%
Tampering
4%
Collecting food
water wood
14%
House hold work
2%
Hunting fishing
2%
Passing standing
near by
5%
Playing Recreation
31%
Collecting scrap
metal
8%
Tending animals
19%
Chart 7: percentage of mine/ERW casualties by type of activities Q2 1393
The most activities being undertaken when accidents occurred this quarter was playing recreation
(31%), tending animals (19%), and collecting fire wood (14%)) collecting scrap metal (8%),
travelling (8%) and passing standing nearby (5%).
Type and number of devices causing landmine and ERW incident:
90
80
70
60
50
40
85
30
20
40
10
6
5
AP mine casualties
AP mine accidents
0
ERW casualties
ERW accidents
Explosive Remnants of War (ERW):
As the statistics show, ERW are causing more victims than landmine in Afghanistan at present,
chart above shows 93 % of total casualties were caused by ERW, looking at children specifically
81% are those killed or injured by ERW.
Comparison of casualties’ data by Year and 2nd Q (July – Sep):
The graphs below represents accidents over the past twelve years in relation to the number of
casualties for the full year (1 January to 31 December) the below graph show the trend of
reduction casualties in past twelve years.
According to the graphs below casualties rate has been increased during 2013. The majority of
casualties are children occurred due to ERW rather than mine, increase of fighting in insecure
area, joint military operation by government and International military forces. Active, abandoned
military bases/posts and the firing ranges are another contributing factor.
5
Mine & Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Casualties by year (Jan to Dec)
1,600
1,400
1,396
1,200
1,100
1,000
942
800
901
762
868
804
706
600
496
515
400
430
393
200
0
Jan to Dec
Graph below indicates the number of Mine/ERW casualties from 1381-1393(2002- 2014) by Q 2 (July-Sep)
Mine & Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Casualties 1381-1393 by Q2 (July-Sep)
250
232
217
200
215
191
191
183
199
178
150
125
110
122
100
91
105
50
0
July-Sep
6
Graph below shows the trend of mine casualties vs. ERW by year from 1381-1392
Mine & Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Casulaties 1381 to 1392 (2002- 2013 )
1600
1400
1396
1200
1100
968
942
1000
868
901
772
800
644
645
762
804
706
628
600
514
428
442
515
431
400
298
256
320
328
240
200
290
292
430
496
393
419
275
374
356
223
56
37
77
0
Casualties due to Mines
Casualties due to ERW
Total
Pressure Plate Improvised Explosive Devices (PPIED) a way ahead challenges
PP-IEDs in Afghanistani are generally set to explode when they are walked on or driven over and
most have approximately 20-25kg of explosive content (invariably HME)
More than twice the explosive content of a conventional anti-tank mine but with the
trigger
sensitivity of an anti-personnel mine. This means that a PP-IED effectively functions as a massive
anti-personnel landmine
Civilians who step on or drive over these IEDs in conventional (un-armoured) vehicles have no
defence against them and very little chance of survival
Chart below indicate an extremely increase of PPIED compare to the ERW a way ahead big
challenge in the country for clearance and victim/survivors assistance
7
PPIED vs Mine/ERW casualties July-Sep 14
250
200
150
100
196
50
85
6
0
Killed/ Injured by PPIED
Killed /Injured by ERW
Killed/ Injured by Mine
Summary
The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan through a combination of hazardous area clearance
and Mine/ERW risk education has significantly reduced the number of Afghans falling victim to
Mines, ERW and PPIED 5 . During Q 2 (July-Sep) 1393 there are 287 Mine/ERW and PPIED
casualties reported from different parts of the country i.e. PPIED 196ii (68%), ERW 85 (30%) and
Mines 6 (2%) casualties. This gives us an average of 97 civilian casualties per month during the
reporting period, which is still unacceptably high. Protecting a substantial number of Afghan
civilians is a major challenge. The donor communities are encouraged to support the mine action
sector in order to increase their focus and efforts on reducing the number of casualties specifically
amongst the vulnerable children.
The summary of key findingiii of Mine / ERW casualties Q 2 (July-Sep) 1393
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Out of total 91 casualties 85 (93%) are those who were killed or injured by ERW.
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Out of 85 casualties, 79 ( 93% ) casualties are reported due to sporadic ERWs rather than
recorded battle fields
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Out of 85 casualties, 69 (81% ) are children who were killed or injured by ERW
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Out of 69 children casualties 2 (3%) are those who were killed or injured near abandoned
military bases
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Among children casualties 16iv (23%) are those who were going to school and 77% are
those who don’t go to schools.
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The most activities being undertaken when accidents occurred this quarter was playing
recreation (31%), tending animals (19%), collecting fire wood (17%) travelling (8%) and
collecting scrap metal (8%)
i
UNAMA semiannual report 2014
UNAMA field reports are and cross checked by MACCA regional offices to avoid duplication in PPIED casualties received by MACCA regional
offices and to differentiate ERW/UXO casualties from PPIED out of 196 PPIED casualties, 88% are of those civilian who were killed or injured during
reporting period. The data may fluctuate when some additional data is verified and received from the field
iii
The below summary of findings are of those civilian who were killed and injured by Mine, ERW/UXO but PPIED casualties are not included.
iv
The majority of casualties among children including those who were going to school are due to sporadic ERW, caused by current conflict
ii
5 Mine Action Program of Afghanistan only clear Abandoned IED fields.

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