African Rodents Set To Clear Nagorno-Karabakh Minefields
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(Radio Free Europe) A recent report from International Crisis Group estimates that as many as 1 million mines lurk below areas of Azerbaijan recaptured from ethnic Armenian forces during the 2020 war launched by Baku.
The minefields have stalled what Baku had touted would be a “great return” of Azerbaijanis displaced by earlier fighting with ethnic Armenian forces. Several civilians have already been killed by mines in the territory.