Abstract
Nearly a decade after a civil war ravaged the Republic of Tajikistan, the country is still suffering the effects of contamination from landmines and explosive remnants of war. Although the country has never produced or exported anti-personnel mines, Soviet and Uzbek forces emplaced them along most of its borders. Tajikistan is also the only State Party to the Ottawa Convention to declare APMs stockpiled in its territory by a non-State Party; Russian Ministry of Defense units deployed in Tajikistan control approximately 18,200 mines. All of these issues contribute to a crippling mine problem for one of the poorest countries in the world.
Recommended Citation
Profile, Country
(2008)
"Tajikistan,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 11
:
Iss.
2
, Article 39.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol11/iss2/39
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