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No End in Sight: As Fighting Escalates, Afghan Civilians Still Paying Heavy Price
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/18/no-end-sight-fighting-escalates-afghan-civilians-still-paying-heavy-price
New United Nations report finds that number of civilians killed and wounded in violence is up 22 percent since 2013
No End in Sight: As Fighting Escalates, Afghan Civilians Still Paying Heavy Price
Sarah Lazare
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
More than 13 years since the U.S.-led invasion, the war in Afghanistan continues to bring death and horror to civilians, who face record casualties and high levels of displacement amid intensified fighting, according to a new United Nations study.
Released Wednesday by the UN's Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the 2014 annual report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict comes more than a month after U.S. President Barack Obama claimed that "the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion."
The announcement adds to initial casualty reports released by the UN at the end of last year.
According to UNAMA's calculations, over the course of 2014, 3,699 civilians were killed and 6,849 were wounded in fighting, marking a 22 percent increase in civilian deaths and injuries from 2013 and the highest overall number of civilian casualties since 2009.