A five-day regional course, Introduction to Improvised Explosive Devices (I-IED), organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in the framework of the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme concluded on 30 November 2018 in Dushanbe. 

Approximately 200 people are killed and injured by improvised explosive devices and mines in Afghanistan every month, reported Mohammad Shahab Hakimi, head of the Mine Detection Center (MDC).