Afghanistan Civilian Deaths

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  At Least 60 Dead In Kabul Blasts; ISIS Claims Responsibility

  ISIS struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday, killing scores of civilians and at least 13 U.S. troops, disrupting the airlift of tens of thousands of Afghans desperate to flee.

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  UN Warns Of "Unprecedented" Civilian Casualties In Violence-Marred Afghanistan

  The United Nations warned Monday that Afghanistan could see the highest number of civilian deaths in more than a decade if the Taliban's offensives across the country are not halted.

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  With Over 3,800 Killed, Civilian Deaths In Afghan War Hit Record In 2018

  More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released Sunday.

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  Civilian Deaths In Afghanistan Hit Record High: United Nations

  The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan reached a record in the first half of the year, despite last month's ceasefire, with a surge in suicide attacks claimed by ISIS, the United Nations said on Sunday.

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  Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High: United Nation

  Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured, the United Nations said Monday.

• Roadside Bomb Kills Eight Afghanistan Civilians: Official

  A roadside bomb killed eight civilians travelling in a vehicle in a volatile district of southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, days after the United Nations (UN) reported a surge in civilian casualties in the country.

• Afghan Civilian Death Toll up so Far This Year: UN

  The number of Afghan civilians, including children, killed in violence rose by nearly 17 percent in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2013 as the fight is increasingly taking place closer to homes in populated areas, the UN said on Wednesday.

• Afghan civilian deaths up in 2013 as war intensifies: UN

  War took an increasing toll on Afghanistan's civilians in 2013 as fighting intensified between the government and insurgents, the United Nations said in a report on Saturday, with total casualties rising 14 per cent.

• Pakistan summons Indian Deputy High Commissioner over LoC ceasefire incidents

  Pakistan today summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner to protest "ceasefire violations" by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Line of Control (LoC), claiming that it resulted in the death of a civilian at Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

• US soldier pleads guilty in Afghan massacre

  The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty on Wednesday to avoid the death penalty.

• NATO says troops kill two Afghan boys due to mistaken identity

  NATO forces accidentally shot dead two boys during an operation in Afghanistan's south, the alliance said on Saturday, in the latest in a series of incidents involving allegations of civilian deaths at the hands of international troops.

• Afghan inside attack puts US troop deaths at 2,000

  An apparent insider attack by Afghan forces has killed a U.S. service member and a foreign civilian contractor with NATO, officials said Sunday. The attack -the latest in a string of strikes by Afghan allies on international troops - marked the 2,000th U.S. troop death in Afghanistan over the long-running conflict.

• NATO apologises for deaths in Afghan airstrike

  The commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologized for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week.

• Afghan president: NATO airstrike killed 18 civilians

  Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that the 18 people killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all civilians. NATO has so far said it has no records of civilian deaths from the pre-dawn strike on a house in Logar province.

• US coalition forces admit Afghan civilian deaths

  NATO and US forces in Afghanistan admitted Friday that a number of civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes, days after President Hamid Karzai warned that such deaths threatened relations with the US.