Afghan civilian death and injuries ”reach record high”

The number of people killed and wounded in conflict in Afghanistan rose in 2015 to the highest level yet recorded, the UN mission in the country says. There were 11,002 casualties in total, a 4% increase on last year’s figures. One in four casualties was a child. The report blamed ground fighting in and around […]

The number of people killed and wounded in conflict in Afghanistan rose in 2015 to the highest level yet recorded, the UN mission in the country says.
There were 11,002 casualties in total, a 4% increase on last year’s figures. One in four casualties was a child.
The report blamed ground fighting in and around populated areas, along with suicide bombings and other attacks. The UN’s human rights chief said such “brutal and unprincipled attacks” were forbidden under international law.
“This is happening with almost complete impunity,” Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said in the report produced by the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA).