More than a thousand civilians killed in attacks since the Taliban seized power, UN says
Taliban fighters enjoy lunch inside an adobe house that is used as a makeshift checkpoint in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Thursday June 22, 2023
THE United Nations said today it has documented a significant number of civilians killed and wounded in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover despite a stark reduction in casualties compared with previous years of war and insurgency.
According to a new report by the UN mission in Afghanistan (Unama), since the takeover in mid-August 2021 until the end of May there have been 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 people killed in violence in the country.
That compares with 8,820 civilian casualties, including 3,035 killed, in just 2020, according to an earlier UN report.
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