Following war, Armenia and Azerbaijan reckon with unexploded ordnance

Following the war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in the 1990s, deminers spent decades and tens of millions of dollars clearing the former battleground of land mines and unexploded ordnance. Now, after 44 days of renewed fighting, they have to start again. According to a survey of local media reports, at least 11 people have been killed by leftover explosives following the cessation of hostilities on November 10. In the deadliest single incident, four members of an Azerbaijani family who were visiting their former home in the region of Fuzuli were killed when their car hit a land mine on November 28, the Azerbaijani general prosecutor’s office reported. The only member of the Russian...