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UN: Record Number Of Afghan Civilians Killed In 2018

24th February, 2019 · admin 20 Comments
Injured Civilian (file photo)

Injured Civilian (file photo)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
February 24, 2019

The United Nations says a record number of Afghan civilians were killed in 2018, blaming the increase on unprecedented suicide bombings by militant groups and air strikes carried out by U.S.-led forces.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the conflict in Afghanistan killed 3,804 civilians and wounded another 7,189, an 11 percent increase from 2017, in its annual report released on February 24.

The civilian death toll is the highest number since UNAMA began tallying figures in 2009.

The UNAMA report said 2018 “witnessed the highest number of civilian casualties ever recorded from suicide attacks and aerial operations.”

According to the report, 63 percent of all civilian casualties were caused by militants — with the Taliban being blamed for 37 percent of the dead and wounded, the Islamic State (IS) militant group for 20 percent, and other antigovernment groups for 6 percent.

The Afghan government and its U.S. and NATO allies were blamed for 24 percent of the dead and wounded civilians, many of them killed in increased air strikes carried out mostly by international forces.

“For the first time since 2009, UNAMA recorded more than 1,000 civilian casualties from aerial operations,” the report said.

The U.S. military said it carried out 6,823 sorties last year in which munitions were fired, the highest number in the last six years.

‘Deeply Disturbing’

UNAMA said women and children comprised almost two-thirds of all civilian casualties from aerial operations.

The uptick in violence in 2018 also coincided with a significant increase in the number of deaths caused by the “deliberate targeting of civilians,” according to the report, mostly stemming from suicide attacks by the Taliban or the IS group.

At least 65 suicide attacks were recorded in 2018, the majority hitting the capital, Kabul.

The report said the Taliban was responsible for 1,751 civilian casualties in 2018, compared to 916 in 2017, while the IS group killed or wounded 2,181 civilians last year — the highest number ever recorded for the militant groups.

The report’s release comes a day before U.S. and Taliban negotiators hold another round of peace talks in Qatar aimed at ending the 17-year conflict.

U.S. peace enjoy Zalmay Khalilzad has held a series of direct talks with Taliban negotiators across the Middle East in recent months, raising the prospect of peace.

Tadamichi Yamamoto, the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, called the spiraling number of civilian casualties “deeply disturbing and wholly unacceptable.”

“It is time to put an end to this human misery and tragedy,” said Yamamoto. “The best way to halt the killings and maiming of civilians is to stop the fighting.”

Since the UN began documenting civilian casualties 10 years ago, more than 32,000 civilians have been killed and another 60,000 wounded in Afghanistan.

Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.

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20 thoughts on “UN: Record Number Of Afghan Civilians Killed In 2018”

  1. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    *YOU
    ALBINO RATS :
    ………………………….
    •••••••••••••••••••••••••
    *************************
    .
    *LEAVE
    THE PEOPLE
    OF
    AFGHANISTAN
    ALONE !
    ======•••••••••
    ===•••••••••
    ==••••••
    *THE RATE IS THE
    EQUIVALENT
    OF
    OVER ONE MILLION
    US
    YOUNG
    CITIZENS- US
    population is roughly
    ten times that
    of
    Afghanistan

    Reply
    • Baghlani says:
      February 24, 2019 at 7:28 pm

      *AND; JUST
      WITHIN
      THE
      LAST THREE YEARS !
      •••

      Reply
      • BAGHLANI says:
        February 24, 2019 at 7:55 pm

        *UNBELIEVABLE !
        ===
        ==
        =
        DURING THAT
        TIMEFRAME;
        OVER
        ONE
        HUNDRED THOUSANDS
        OF
        YOUNG PEOPLE
        OF
        AFGHANISTAN
        HAVE HAD
        BEEN
        COWARDLY MASSACRED !
        •••

        Reply
  2. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 7:18 pm

    BROTHERS AND SISTERS :
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ***
    **
    *
    The
    *ALBINO *RATS
    are committing
    heinous crimes
    in
    our
    *country- they
    think
    that they
    could
    get away
    with it all !

    Reply
  3. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 7:20 pm

    *RAISE
    YOUR HONORABLE
    VOICE- AND
    *STOP *THEM !
    •••

    Reply
  4. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 7:39 pm

    The same packs of
    ugly
    rats; have had
    and/or had been committing
    exactly
    similar crimes
    in
    Algeria and many other
    Islamic countries
    across- it is going
    to
    rapidly and exponentially
    go up
    in
    Afghanistan, if
    not
    properly contained and fully stoped !
    ========
    =====
    ==
    *STOP
    *THE GENOCIDES !
    •••

    Reply
  5. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    *AND
    =====
    IT IS ALL HAPPENING
    RIGHT
    IN
    FRONT
    OF
    YOUR OWN EYES !

    Reply
  6. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    *GET OUT !
    ***************

    Reply
  7. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    *Those coward
    foreign
    perpetrators and schemers
    make
    tens
    of
    millions of dollars off
    the
    dead bodies
    of
    innocent folks- they keep scheming
    for
    big
    rewards- otherwise, they are
    so ugly, (internally and externally), that their wives,
    normally, would not be able to stand them all.
    =======
    ====
    ===
    They all have severe mental issues- that is how they are channelling them all
    on
    vulnerable folks..

    Reply
  8. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 8:51 pm

    *JUST;
    ———
    GET LOST !
    •••

    Reply
  9. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    *It stands
    at
    about
    rste
    of
    100 persons
    killed every day- God damn
    you;
    .
    GET OUT
    OF
    AFGHANISTAN !
    •••

    Reply
  10. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    *It stands
    at
    about
    rate
    of
    at least
    100 persons
    killed
    every day- God damn
    you;
    .
    GET OUT
    OF
    AFGHANISTAN !
    •••

    Reply
  11. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 9:45 pm

    *Ironically; the “rats” have been
    able
    to
    drastically minimize
    their
    own
    casualty rate.

    Reply
  12. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    And, all the coward
    surrounding countries
    are
    watching it
    all- in fact, they are,
    (directly and/or indirectly), betting
    to
    make money off this
    grotesque
    international
    business affair..

    Reply
  13. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    Anglo/US war criminals
    are
    symbiotically
    sponsoring
    “drug and arms”
    dealers and manufacturers.

    Reply
  14. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    Megalomaniacs
    and
    on-dutyty war criminals
    are
    symbiotically
    sponsoring
    drug dealers and arms manufacturers.

    Reply
  15. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 10:37 pm

    Incidentally; it not
    just
    the
    “albino rats” who are actively
    scheming it all
    up- they have also their devoted stooges, mercenaries and all all other packs
    of
    Vultures; camp-followers and accomplices
    who are heavily involved
    in this
    extreme criminal act
    of
    geopolitical plot.

    Reply
  16. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    *These, international
    packs
    of
    criminals criminals,
    are deaf, blind, neurotic and defective.

    Reply
  17. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    *They are
    being
    used and abused
    by
    international
    syndicates”
    of
    MEGALOMANIACS.- all
    secret and empowered
    to
    the max.

    Reply
  18. Baghlani says:
    February 24, 2019 at 10:58 pm

    *These free loaders,
    are the most coward creatures
    on
    the face of
    the earth- and, they are
    exclusively
    functional
    on
    tax-pepayers’ expenses; that
    is
    the truth !
    ===
    ==
    =
    Check
    it all out !
    •••

    Reply

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