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136 Civilians Killed in One Month: Human Rights Commission
[ToloNews] The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday said that at least 136 non-combatants were killed in the country as a result of war or other kinds of violence in the past one month.The human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... commission blamed the Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...for 50 percent of the fatalities and said that the Afghan government forces also caused 25 percent of the casualties. According to the the human rights commission, 69 non-combatants were killed by Taliban attacks, 36 non-combatants were killed during attacks by the Afghan government forces and their foreign counterparts, and another 31 non-combatants were killed in other violence-related incidents. "The 136 people that we have recorded in the past one month--this figure might be very small and there might be more casualties," said Mohammad Naeem Nazari, the deputy head of the human rights commission. Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo watched the circling Commanches and asked himself What would Geronimo do?... residents in the Maidan Wardak province also raised deep concerns over what they described as the rising number of civilian casualties in the country. "This is not only an issue in Wardak, we had similar incidents in Nimroz, Kunduz and Paktia provinces too," said Akhtar Mohammad Tahiri, the head of the Maidan Wardak provincial council. Residents also blasted the warring factions for not addressing the issue of civilian casualties. "Today, in this so-called democracy, there are four governments in the country: the government of the foreigners, the government of the Taliban and another government that is called the National Unity Government, it is also combined of two governments," said Sayed Rahim Sattar, the head of Maidan Wardak's tribal council. "Those who say that we are targeted by mistake, at least they should compensate the victims based on their legal and judicial system," said Abdul Baqi Mateen, a resident in Maidan Wardak. "Give us money" The Taliban have rejected the human rights commission’s statement about the casualties. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-02-19 |
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