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Tens of Thousands Died in Two Decades of Conflicts in Afghanistan
There is a lovely two-tone bar graph at the link for those who prefer their data presented visually. [ToloNews] The last two decades of conflicts in Afghanistan has taken tens of thousands of lives from civilians to security force members and from international troops to the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban...In this report, TOLOnews has summed up overall casualties inflicted to all parties to the conflict as well as civilians in Afghanistan. The findings show that civilians have paid a high price for the ongoing war that started with the ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001. Civilians also paid a high price for living under Taliban rule, and for the Soviet war in Afghanistan before that. And during the Great Game years of the British empire... When exactly was Afghanistan a safe and peaceful land? Figures by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission indicate that 31,113 non-combatants were killed in Afghanistan in the past 13 years and 62,662 more were maimed. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-04-18 |
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