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Civilian Casualties Reach New High In 3rd Quarter, Says U.N. Report

October 21 2019

Afghanistan

A new report from the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that the last three months have been particularly deadly for civilians, reports the U.N. News. July was the bloodiest month for civilian casualties since the U.N. began systematically documenting them in 2009, says the report. The overall number of civilian casualties for the year, 2,563 killed and 5,676 wounded, is in line with previous years, primarily due to increased violence in the third...

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