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UN decries 'unprecedented' civilian casualties in Afghanistan
[PRESSTV] The United Nations
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 says an "unprecedented" number of non-combatants were killed or injured in the third quarter of 2019 across violence-wracked Afghanistan, calling the violence "totally unacceptable."

In a new report released Thursday, the United Nations said 1,174 people were killed and another 3,139 maimed from July to September this year.

July alone saw more casualties than in any other month on record since the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) began documenting the violence in 2009, it noted.

The figures represent a 42 percent increase over the same time period last year.

The first six months of the year had seen casualties drop somewhat compared to previous years.

The UN recorded 8,239 civilian casualties in total in the first nine months of 2019 -- 2,563 killed and 5,676 injured. Some 41 percent of them were women and kiddies, UNAMA said.

The report laid most of the blame for the spike at the feet of "anti-government elements" such as the Taliban
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Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN's special representative for Afghanistan, said "civilian casualties are totally unacceptable."

"Civilian casualties at record-high levels clearly show the need for all parties concerned to pay much more attention to protecting the civilian population," said Yamamoto.


Posted by: Fred 2019-10-18
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