A demining worker was seriously injured in an explosion in Karabakh.

Elvin Kerimov, an employee of an NGO involved in mine clearance, stepped on an anti-personnel mine and had his leg amputated. Since the end of the 44-day war in Azerbaijan, 415 people have fallen victim to mines and unexploded ordnance, 71 of whom have died.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in mid-November 2025, in the village of Bala Jafarli in the Gazakh region, an employee of the Mine Action Agency of Azerbaijan stepped on a mine and had his leg amputated. In early December 2025, in the village of Shikharkh in the Agdara district, a local resident, Nazim Panakhaliyev, stepped on a mine while grazing his cattle, injuring his leg.

Today, in the village of Giziloba in the Agdara district, an employee of a non-governmental organization involved in mine clearance, Elvin Kerimov, born in 1988, stepped on an anti-personnel mine. He was hospitalized in the central district hospital, where part of his right leg was amputated, Report reported today.

The Barda District Central Hospital reported that his condition is assessed as stable, the agency informed.

The Azerbaijan Republic Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) reported that in Tartar, Agdara, Kalbajar, A total of 4,963 anti-personnel mines, 1,861 anti-tank mines, and 52,392 unexploded ordnance (UXO) were found and defused in Aghdam, Khojaly, Khankendi, Khojavand, Lachin, Shusha, Fizuli, Gubadli, Jabrayil, and Zangilan, Azertac reported.

Since the end of the 44-day war (from September 27 to November 9, 2020), 415 people have fallen victim to mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Azerbaijan, 71 of whom died and another 344 were injured to varying degrees, according to a publication by the Report agency dated December 26, 2025.

"Anti-personnel mines most often lead to amputations of the lower limbs and serious human tragedies. All incidents are recorded in the agency's information system," the head of the education department said. Ramil Azizov, head of the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA), also emphasized that since 1991, more than 3,400 civilians have fallen victim to mines and unexploded ordnance. In Aghdam, local residents are dismantling mine warning signs without permission and using these areas for agricultural work, ignoring the mine danger, Samir Guliyev, an employee of the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA), told BAKU TV on December 29. According to him, in some areas, removed mines are being discovered piled up in one place. These actions could pose a danger and should be investigated by law enforcement agencies.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported in April 2025 that the death toll from mine explosions following the 44-day 2020 war in Karabakh had reached 392. In August 2023, Azerbaijani public organizations appealed to the UN and the European Union to help resolve the problem with mine clearance in the country's territories. In May 2024, the European Union, which had allocated €10 million to Azerbaijan for mine clearance since 2020, agreed to increase its financial assistance to Baku for mine clearance in the former Karabakh conflict zone to €14 million.