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DMAC

The Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) is a regulatory body for the Humanitarian Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA).

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MAPA

The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) is one of the largest mine action programmes in the world. At a global level the MAPA was the first humanitarian (i.e. non-military) mine action programme that encompasses all pillars of mine action:

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Stakeholders Meeting

The MAPA monthly Stakeholders Meeting for this month was held virtually on 19th April 2021.
The meeting was joined by representatives of key MAPA donors, Mine Action Implementing Partners, UNMAS, and DMAC team.

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H.E. President Thanking MAPA Donors

“Where our fields had been destroyed and filled with landmines that suddenly left innocent children playing their childish games without legs and arms, you helped us clear them of danger and replanted our vines and orchards.”

Good News.
We are glad to share that the DMAC(Directorate of Mine Action & Coordination), MIS(Management Information System) Department has resumed its activities again in the DMAC main office from today 2nd Feburary 2023 onwards. The DMAC director Mr.Nooruddin Rustamkhail greeted the new employees with a warm welcome and encouraged them that they will be fully supported. The employees also expressed their gratitude towards working in the DMAC office.

Mine Action Bring Hope and Peace

A country free from landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) where people and communities live in a safe environment conducive to national development and where landmine and ERW survivors are fully integrated into society and thus have their rights and needs recognized and fulfilled.

DMAC as the National Mine Action authority and a sectoral administration for Mine Action programme, regulates, manages, coordinates and oversees the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) to ensure quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of all mine action related activities in order to protect civilians and facilitate development.

What We Do

The Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) is a directorate of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA). ANDMA is the secretariat and the operational arm of the National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC). DMAC operates as the National Mine Action Centre in Afghanistan. NDMC is an inter-ministerial board which also serves as the National Mine Action Authority in Afghanistan. H.E Najib Aqa Fahim the State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs is the chairman of ANDMA. DMAC is technically supported by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). The U.S. Department of State, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) provides financial contributions to DMAC …