Interior Ministry front man Tariq Arian said on Thursday that Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...fighters had carried out 16 suicide kabooms and planted 168 mines in the past month.
He added that as a result of these actions, Taliban fighters had killed 134 civilians across the country.
According to Arian, 342 other civilians have been injured in the past month due to the escalation of violence by the Taliban.
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan have always been a serious concern for human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of
freedomat the convenience of the state...
organizations.
The United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
has repeatedly called on the Afghan government and armed opposition groups to refrain from seriously harming civilians.
But the government has always blamed the Taliban for the civilian casualties in Afghanistan, saying group’s fighters are using civilians as human shields.