The record
The record since 1990
What MCPA has surveyed, cleared, destroyed and taught, and who has paid for it, as recorded in its programme records. Every figure is cumulative from 1990 to May 2026 unless it says otherwise.
Source: MCPA Organisational Profile (2026) · figures to May 2026 · about our sources
Totals
Land
Land released, and how
Most of the threat MCPA has dealt with has been minefields, with a substantial share of battle-area clearance.
Land cleared and released, by type
Total 128,541,993 m²
- Minefields 99,961,479 m² · 77.8%
- Battle-area clearance 24,674,585 m² · 19.2%
- Residual contamination 3,629,415 m² · 2.8%
- Abandoned improvised mines 276,514 m² · 0.2%
Survey
- 157,017,549 m² new hazardous area surveyed
- 217,326,676 m² re-surveyed
- 178,052,539 m² cancelled: land returned to communities without physical clearance, because survey found no evidence of danger
Dogs and machines
- 469,440 m² verified by mine detection dogs and mechanical assets
- more than 7.4 million m² of ground preparation
Ordnance
266,480 items destroyed
The full range of contamination found in Afghanistan, from small-arms ammunition and unexploded ordnance to mines, abandoned improvised mines and cluster munitions.
Explosive ordnance destroyed, by type
Reach
34 provinces, 8 regions
MCPA has implemented mine-action projects in every province of Afghanistan. Point at a region to see its provinces.
This is a map of where MCPA has worked, not of cleared land. Contamination remains across Afghanistan. Colours distinguish the eight national mine-action regions.
| Region | Provinces | Region-specific projects |
|---|---|---|
| Central | Kabul, Kapisa, Parwan, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Panjshir | 23 |
| Central Highlands | Bamyan, Daykundi | 2 |
| East | Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Nuristan | 9 |
| North | Balkh, Jowzjan, Sar-e Pol, Samangan, Faryab | 6 |
| North-East | Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Badakhshan | 9 |
| South | Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgan, Nimruz | 16 |
| South-East | Ghazni, Paktia, Paktika, Khost | 19 |
| West | Herat, Farah, Badghis, Ghor | Covered by national surveys |
| Nationwide and multi-province | Programmes covering several regions at once, up to 26 provinces | 36 |
Project counts as given in MCPA's Organisational Profile (2026). Western provinces have been covered through national survey programmes. Province boundaries: geoBoundaries (public domain).
Funding
USD 123.15M, delivered to national standards
Support has come from the United Nations, the United States, humanitarian pooled funds, the European Commission, Japan and others, in every five-year period since 1990.
By donor group
By five-year period
USD millions. Investment peaked at USD 41.2 million in 2010 to 2014.
- $5.8M1990–94
- $7.8M1995–99
- $14.8M2000–04
- $22.4M2005–09
- $41.2M2010–14
- $14.3M2015–19
- $16.6M2020–24
- $0.2M2025+partial period
The profile records USD 0.2 million from 2025 onward. That period is incomplete and may not yet include all current awards.
Survey and clearance
About a third of all investment has paid for survey and data work that defines where contamination is, and is not; two thirds for the clearance that removes it.
- Clearance and demining USD 83.3M · 68%
- Survey USD 39.8M · 32%
How MCPA is funded
MCPA is funded project by project. Each project carries its own donor-mandated external audit, and in-house finance, logistics and inventory systems produce customised donor reports.