*ISLAMABAD – According to statistics of the United Nations, at least 93,000civilians have been killed or injured (93,448 victims, 32,695 killed,60,753 wounded) in Afghanistan since 2009 through March 2019 as the resultof war and violence.*
The terroristic groups are considered as the reason behind the civiliancausalities; however, the government has not been assumed faultless in thisregard.
“When we recognize that there are civilians near to the terrorists we donot conduct any operation,” said Rohullah Ahmadzai, the Spokesperson of theDefense Ministry.
However, the figures of the civilian causalities are considerably moredifferent in comparison to the recorded statistics in the AfghanistanIndependent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC).
According to the AIHRC’s figures, over 75,000 civilians have been killedand injured (over 26,162 killed, around 49,154 wounded) in the last decadeas the result of the Afghan war.
The number of civilian causalities is assumed to be more than the number inthe previous administration.
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“Unfortunately, we have been witnessed the increase of the civiliancausalities in last five years in which both sides have been involved in,”said Sayeed Musa Mahmoudi. The Chief Executive Director of AIHRC.
Concurrently with the recent peace efforts, no change has come in thenumber of civilian causalities although an agreement was made in the Dohaintra-Afghan summit on stopping the military activities in the locationswhere civilians are residing.
“We hope the peace talks have positive results so we can witness peace inthe country,” said Sayeed Ahmad Arman, a Kabul resident.
This comes as the United States has said that reducing the violenceespecially the civilian causalities in Afghanistan is one of the mainperspectives in peace talks with the Taliban.
