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Afghanistan has the worst record of civilian deaths in the first half of 2018 despite the three-day ceasefire in June, the UN announced on Sunday.
With 1,692 civilians killed, half of them in attacks attributed to the Islamic State jihadist group between 1 January and 30 June, the period is the deadliest since the United Nations undertook to count the civilian casualties ten years ago.
In total over the period the population has recorded 5,122 casualties, both dead and wounded, says the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Manua).
The capital, Kabul and Nangarhar province, in the east, were the more affected – including during the ceasefire from which IS was excluded
The Taliban, which observed the truce with the government from June 15 to 17, is responsible for 40 per cent of Afghan civilians killed.
Attacks first cause of death
A new both land battles rank second among the causes of death and injury in the Afghan population, down 18% over the period. The first cause remains suicide bombings and complex attacks (attacks by a suicide bomber, followed by occupation of targeted sites and exchanges of fire).
But the expansion of air operations has also led to a very sharp increase in the number of of civilian casualties due to aerial bombardment (+ 52%) compared to the same period last year, with 149 dead and 204 wounded civilians.
More than half of these casualties (52%) are attributable to Afghan forces and 45% to US planes, the only ones in the Western coalition to conduct operations.
" The brief ceasefire proved that it is possible to stop fighting and that Afghan civilians do not The war burns "said Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, quoted in a statement from Manua
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