AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor has recorded 7,223 IED attacks in the last six years (2011-2016). These caused at least 124,317 deaths and injuries. Of the dead and injured, 100,696 (81%) were civilians. 4,177 of IED attacks were recorded in populated areas. Although this represents only 58% of all IED incidents recorded, attacks in populated areas unsurprisingly cause disproportionately large civilian harm. IED attacks in populated areas accounted for 90% of all civilian deaths and injuries recorded. When an IED is used in a populated area, AOAV’s data shows that on average 91% of those killed and injured are civilians.
In five years, AOAV recorded at least one IED attack in 85 countries. The countries that have experienced the most IED attacks are Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Nigeria. IED attacks in these 5 countries account for over three quarters of all IED attacks recorded by the monitor. The widespread use of IEDs and their clear ability to cause harm, particularly to civilians, has been of great concern.
Due to this rise in IED attacks and the devastating damage they cause, AOAV has set out to map and monitor IED responses, specifically counter-IED (C-IED) capability.
To see all the profiles of C-IED actors recorded by AOAV, see here. Below you can find who is operating in some of the countries worst impacted by IEDs outside of North Africa, the Middle East and the Sahel.
To read the full report, ‘Addressing the threat posed by IEDs: National, Regional and Global Initiatives’, see here.
Afghanistan
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police
- Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme (APRP)
- British Army Counter-IED/EOD units
- Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Counter-IED Directorate (CSTC-A C-IED Directorate)
- Danish Demining Group
- Dynasafe
- Handicap International
- Mine Action Co-ordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA)
- Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA)
- NATO Resolute Support
- Netherlands Joint Task Force C-IED
- Programme Global Shield (PGS)
- Tripartite Counter-IED Working Group
- Ulema Council of Afghanistan
- United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Kenya
- AFRICOM
- Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa
- Danish Demining Group and Danish Refugee Council
- Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group
- Global Counterterrorism Forum
- Kenya Bomb Disposal Unit
- Kenya National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
- Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)
- Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism (PREACT)
- US Department of State Office of Antiterrorism (ATA)
Pakistan
- Bomb Disposal Squad – Pakistani Police
- British Army Counter-IED/EOD units
- Global Counterterrorism Forum
- Pakistan Security Forces C-IED units
- Pakistan Air Forces (PAF) EOD School
- Pakistan Ulema Council
- Programme Global Shield (PGS)
- Sabaoon Rehabilitation Center
- Tripartite Counter-IED Working Group
Somalia
- AMISOM
- Arab League
- Bancroft Global Development
- Danish Demining Group
- Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
- Global Coalition to Counter ISIL
- Global Counterterrorism Forum
- HALO Trust
- Mechem
- Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFAFT)
- Mines Advisory Group
- Organisation for Islamic Cooperation
- Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism (PREACT)
- Puntland Mine Action Centre
- Somali Explosive Management Authority (SEMA)
- Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
- The Development Initiative
- United Nations Mine Action Service
Ukraine
- Danish Demining Group
- HALO Trust
- International Peacekeeping and Security Centre (IPSC)
- NATO C-IED COE
- Ukrainian Armed Forces – CIED/EOD
This research was made possible by funding from the NATO Counter Improvised Explosive Devices Centre of Excellence (C-IED COE) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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