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Oct- 2019 -19 OctoberAsia Pacific
UN report documents highest Afghan civilian casualties in a single month since records began
An “unprecedented” number of civilians were killed or injured in Afghanistan between July and September this year, the United Nations said in a new report released on Thursday, October 17, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.” The quarterly report, which also charts violence throughout 2019 so far, underscores how “Afghans have been exposed to extreme levels of violence for many years” despite promises by all sides to “prevent and mitigate harm to civilians.” The figures – 1,174 deaths and 3,139 injured from July 1 until September 30 – represent the largest number of civilian casualties the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has recorded in a single quarter since it began systematically documenting civilian casualties in 2009, and a 42% increase over the same period last year. July also saw the most civilians killed and injured in a single month since UNAMA records began in 2009. “Civilian casualties are totally unacceptable,” said the U.N.’s special representative in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, adding they demonstrate the importance of talks leading to a ceasefire and a permanent political settlement. “The impact of Afghanistan’s conflict on civilians is appalling,” said Fiona Frazer, UNAMA’s Human Rights Chief. Afghanistan violence surges in Q3 2019 The U.N. laid …
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1 OctoberAsia Pacific
Hundreds of Taliban fighters storm northern Afghanistan police headquarters
At least 11 Afghan policemen were killed and over a dozen captured when Taliban fighters stormed their headquarters in the Shortepa district of Balkh province
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Sep- 2019 -19 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Taliban car bomb in southern Afghanistan kills and injures more than 100, destroys hospital
A Taliban car bomb in Afghanistan's Zabul province targeted an intelligence services building and destroyed a nearby hospital
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17 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Dozens killed in twin Taliban attacks ahead of Afghanistan presidential election
People were killed in explosions in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and at an election rally in Parwan province after US and Taliban talks failed
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6 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Taliban launch ‘massive’ assault on key Farah city
The Taliban launched an offensive against Farah city in western Afghanistan, the latest in a surge of attacks as the US pushes to remove troops
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5 SeptemberAsia Pacific
US and Romanian service members killed in Afghanistan, NATO Resolute Support says
US and Romanian service members with the NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan were killed in a Taliban attack in Kabul
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5 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Taliban claim deadly car bomb in fortified area of Afghanistan capital
The Taliban killed at least five people in a fresh bombing in Kabul in yet another horrific attack on the Afghan capital
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4 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan presidency ‘concerned’ about US-Taliban peace deal
The Afghan government expressed doubts about a prospective deal between the US and the Taliban, saying officials need more information about the risks
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3 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Death toll rises after Taliban attack on Kabul’s Green Village
A massive blast in a residential area of Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed at least 16 people following yet another Taliban attack
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Aug- 2019 -7 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban car bomb at Afghanistan police station in Kabul injures nearly 100
Scores of people were wounded when a Taliban car bomb detonated at an Afghan police station in Kabul
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