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Afghan Casualties Hit Record High 11,000 in 2015 – UN Report

The Taliban has taken territory in Khanabad district in the Afghanistan province of Kunduz on the other side of a bridge pictured here in August 2015. Photo: Bethany Matta/IRIN

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–15 February 2016 – The United Nations reported yesterday that Afghan hostilities in 2015 left more than 3,500 civilians dead, including an unprecedented number of children – one in four casualties over the past year was a child – and nearly 7,500 others wounded, making this…

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