AFP talks on work of Azerbaijani deminers in Garabagh

Garabagh and the adjacent districts of Azerbaijan, which remained under Armenian occupation for many years, are among the most heavily mine-contaminated areas in the world, according to a story by Agence France-Presse (AFP) from the village of Ashaghi Abdurrahmanli in Azerbaijanchr("39")s Fuzuli district, Olaylar informs.

The piece features a deminer named Afsana Bayramova, who, accompanied by her sniffer dog, Rocky, searches for landmines and unexploded ordnance along the former front line.

Bayramova is one of only a handful of women sappers in a traditionally male-dominated profession.

Her companion Rocky is a Belgian Malinois born in 2023 and brought from Croatia.

Rocky signals possible finds by sniffing insistently, wagging his tail, then sitting and staring at one spot, Bayramova explained.