Thai Military Clears Four More Landmines on Cambodia Border
Thai military demining teams cleared additional areas across four sectors on the Thailand-Cambodia border in Surin and Si Sa Ket provinces, discovering four antipersonnel mines in one sector while making progress toward removing the remaini
The Thai Armed Forces Command's National Mine Action Center and its Humanitarian Demining Unit 3 are conducting mine clearance operations across four sectors on the Thailand-Cambodia border in Surin and Si Sa Ket provinces. In Sector 1 at Ban Thai Niyom Pattana in Surin's Phanom Dong Rak District, covering 17,523 square meters, personnel cleared an additional 62 square meters without finding any mines or unexploded ordnance. Since April 27, they have cleared 6,034 square meters (34.43 percent) of the sector, with 11,489 square meters remaining suspected or confirmed mined, and have detected 77 mines and unexploded items total. In Sector 2 at the same location, covering 23,334 square meters, an additional 72 square meters were made safe with no mines found. Since April 27, they have cleared 7,907 square meters (33.88 percent), leaving 15,427 square meters still requiring clearance, with 243 mines and unexploded items discovered. In Sector 2 at Ban Phumi Sorn in Si Sa Ket's Kantharalak District (Huai Tamaria area), covering 190,000 square meters, personnel cleared an additional 1,018 square meters and discovered four PMN-2 antipersonnel mines. Since July 7, they have cleared 87,256 square meters (45.92 percent) of this sector, leaving 102,744 square meters to survey, with 17 mines and unexploded items found. In Sector 3 at the same location, covering 190,000 square meters, an additional 1,823 square meters were cleared with no mines detected. The operations reflect the Thai military's commitment to eliminating landmine and unexploded ordnance threats from border areas and restoring safe communities.
