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Eight Civilians Killed In Logar Airstrike
[ToloNews] Local officials said that the Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
was carried out in the district of Baraki Barak in Pashtun-infested Logar Province.

At least eight non-combatants were killed in an airstrike in the eastern province of Pashtun-infested Logar which was carried out by Afghan forces to target krazed killers, a bigwig from the province said.

The airstrike was carried out in Baraki Barak district on Sunday night, the district governor of Baraki Barak said on Monday.

He said that six other civilians were maimed in the airstrike which reportedly targeted two houses in Kochian village in Baraki Barak district.

He said that three women are among those maimed in the airstrike.
The district governor said that the maimed taken to a provincial hospital for treatment.

An MP from Pashtun-infested Logar, Salim Naeemi, said that nine civilians, including six children, were killed in the airstrike.

The ministries of Defense and Interior have not commented on the report so far.

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN
On July 15, a bigwig of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said that 596 non-combatants were killed and 1,892 others maimed in festivities between government forces and the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
and other attacks by bandidos Death Eaters in Afghanistan since the beginning of the current solar year which coincides with March 21, 2019.

The CEO of the AIHRC, Musa Mahmoodi, told TOLOnews that 733 of the victims are children who have either been killed or maimed in the conflicts during the period.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in a quarterly report on April 24 that it has documented high levels of harm to civilians but adds that there has been a 23 percent decrease in overall civilian casualties as compared to the same period last year and is the lowest for a first-quarter since 2013.

The report says the UN documented 1,773 civilian casualties (581 deaths and 1,192 injured), including 582 child casualties (150 deaths and 432 injured) between January 1 and March 31.

In the first quarter of 2018, UNAMA documented 2,305 civilian casualties (799 deaths and 1,506 injured), including 609 child casualties (176 deaths and 433 injured), the report says.

The overall reduction of civilian casualties was driven by a decrease in civilian casualties by suicide improvised bomb (IED) attacks, the report says.

UNAMA notes the particularly harsh winter conditions during the first three months of the year, which may have contributed to this trend, the report says.

It is unclear whether the decrease in civilian casualties was influenced by any measures taken by parties to the conflict to better protect civilians, or by the ongoing talks between parties to the conflict, the report mentions.

Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-23
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