About DAFA
Demining Agency for Afghanistan (DAFA) is one of the Humanitarian Mine Clearance Non-Government Organization (NGO) formed under the auspices of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan (UNOCHA) effort in June 1990. DAFA has continued to work under harsh conditions for more than two and half decades throughout Afghanistan and during this perio
d we have achieved considerable output which cleared more than 192.9 million Sqm contaminated areas and destroyed 6,779 Anti-Tank mines, 39,304 Anti-Personnel Mines, 1,960,952 Un-exploded Ordnance (UXOs), BLUs 312 and 191 Abounded Improvised Explosive Device (AIEDs). DAFA is a major and well-known organization in the field of mine action in Afghanistan; DAFA is accredited for implementation of mine action projects by the Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) and registered with the Government of Afghanistan. The rationale behind the establishment of DAFA was the critical need for supporting the demining projects, which were executed in Afghanistan. DAFA, Through 4 field and project offices, currently managing a staff pool of 520 demining and support personnel structuring more than 16 Demining Teams, 14 Community Based Demining Teams, and 7 Mechanical Demining Teams, mostly located in the turbulent and extremely risky areas of South Afghanistan. All aspects of the Afghanistan Mine Action Standard (AMAS) policies are observed, applied, and adhered in HRM. The success of our HR management and capacity building can be viewed from the angle of our success and achievement in the past two decades.