Kabul: Civilian casualties from the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels for the seventh year in row in 2015, as violence spread across the country in the wake of the withdrawal of most international troops, the United Nations reported on Sunday. At least 3,545 non-combatants died and another 7,457 were injured by fighting last year in a 4 per cent increase over 2014, the UN said in its annual report on civilian casualties. "The harm done to civilians is totally unacceptable," said Nicholas Haysom,...
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