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10,000 civilians killed or maimed in Afghanistan in 2017
MORE than 10,000 civilians were killed or maimed in armed conflict in Afghanistan last year, the United Nations mission to the country reported today.
While the toll was down on the three preceding years, 2017 was still far deadlier than the five years from 2009.
At least 3,438 civilians were killed in fighting involving government, international or insurgent forces and 7,015 were injured.
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