UN Says More Afghan Civilians Killed by US and Collaborators Than the Taliban

363 civilians including 89 children were killed in airstrikes in the first half of 2019

Editor’s note: Who knows how spotty UN figures really are, the death toll could be far higher. Also it should be considered that occupiers and collaborationists may dish out reprisals via imprisonment rather than homicide. Guerrillas can not.


Afghan and US forces have killed more civilians in Afghanistan in the first half of 2019 than insurgents did, UN figures show.

The unprecedented figures for January to June come amid a ferocious US air campaign against the Taliban.

Some 717 civilians were killed by Afghan and US forces, compared to 531 by militants, the UN said.

The latest data has been revealed as Washington and the Taliban continue negotiations over US troop withdrawals.

Air strikes, mostly carried out by American warplanes, killed 363 people, including 89 children, in the first six months of the year, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama).

The US military has rejected Unama’s findings, saying its own collection of evidence was more accurate and that its forces in Afghanistan “always work to avoid harm to civilian non-combatants”. But it did not give its own figures for civilian casualties.

It comes after a report by the UN in April, which reached a similar conclusion for the first three months of 2019. The latest data shows that this unprecedented trend is continuing.

What else does this latest report say?

Ground engagements remained the leading cause of civilian casualties overall, accounting for one-third of the total, followed by improvised explosive bombings and aerial operations.

However the UN says that total civilian casualties are down. There were 3,812 deaths and injuries in the first six months of 2019, the lowest total for the first half of a year since 2012.

Chart showing civilian deaths in the Afghan conflict
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Despite the decrease in casualties, the toll on civilians remains “shocking and unacceptable,” Unama said. It documented 985 civilian casualties (deaths and injuries) from insurgent attacks that had deliberately targeted civilians from 1 January to 30 June.

“Parties to the conflict may give differing explanations for recent trends, each designed to justify their own military tactics,” said Richard Bennett, Unama’s head of human rights.

“The fact remains that only a determined effort to avoid civilian harm, not just by abiding by international humanitarian law but also by reducing the intensity of the fighting, will decrease the suffering of civilian Afghans,” he added.

Source: BBC

6 Comments
  1. cap960 says

    But the Yanks told us they went in to free the Afghans. Pathetic bunch! The Hague is where the Yanks need to be.

  2. JustPassingThrough says

    30 Jul 2019
    UN urges parties to heed call from Afghans: Zero civilian casualties
    KABUL – The conflict in Afghanistan continues to have a devastating impact on civilians, with the latest UN update released today documenting 3,812 civilian casualties (1,366 deaths and 2,446 injured) in the first half of 2019.
    https://unama.unmissions.org/un-urges-parties-heed-call-afghans-zero-civilian-casualties

    As for who is winning the contest of killing more civilians its close:
    anti-gov: 52%
    gov: 36%
    crossfire: 12%

    if the get to the root, it’s the murikans and their camp followers: 100%

  3. John C Carleton says

    Seems the Ratschild’s “cure” was worse than the Taliban “disease”.

    1. All_has_An _END_. says

      always has been the case , they killed millions and millions and stole so much
      wealth from the millions of working men.

  4. JustPassingThrough says

    KABUL – The conflict in Afghanistan continues to have a devastating impact on civilians, with the latest UN update released today documenting 3,812 civilian casualties (1,366 deaths and 2,446 injured) in the first half of 2019.

    https://unama.unmissions.org/un-urges-parties-heed-call-afghans-zero-civilian-casualties

  5. All_has_An _END_. says

    Even the CNN of the UK (BBC) is now telling some truth about the Empire. Eye opener

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