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| Taliban Deny UN Report on Afghan Civilian Casualties |
| 2010-08-13 |
| [Tolo News] A statement on civilian casualties issued by UNAMA on August 10, this year is based on political propaganda and exaggeration, says a Taliban statement released on Wednesday Taliban in their statement have cited that the UN with all the neutral slogans, plays a major role as a propaganda organisation for the "American imperialism" and keeps covering up the brutal crimes of Pentagon. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its 2010 mid-year report on civilian casualties released the civilian casualties' statistics over the first six months of 2010 in Kabul city on Monday, August 10. The report holds the Taliban responsible for 76 percent of all civilian casualties, and attributes 12 percent of all civilian casualties to pro-government forces, adding that ISAF has caused the deaths of 69 civilians during the first six months of 2010. The report said that the number of children killed or wounded has risen by 55 percent over the same six-month period last year, with 176 children killed and 389 injured. The report adds that civilian casualties grew the most in southern Afghanistan in the first six months of 2010, with more than half of the deaths in the south. |
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