UN: Afghan Civilian Deaths at High Record
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The United Nation says the number of civilian deaths in war-ravaged Afghanistan jumped to a record high of 2,777 in 2010, a 15 percent rise in civilian fatalities compared to 2009. A spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed that the overall figure was the highest annual death toll since the Taliban were ousted by a US-led invasion in late 2001.
The United Nation says the number of civilian deaths in war-ravaged Afghanistan jumped to a record high of 2,777 in 2010, a 15 percent rise in civilian fatalities compared to 2009. A spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed that the overall figure was the highest annual death toll since the Taliban were ousted by a US-led invasion in late 2001.
The security situation has recently been at its worst since the US-led invasion. The US-led foreign forces have launched dozens of operations across the war-wrecked country over the past years. Thousands of Afghan people have so far lost their lives as a result of militants' bomb attacks and military operations by the foreign troops.
Afghan officials, including Hamid Karzai, have repeatedly condemned and called for an end to foreign troops' attacks on Afghan civilians. The surge in violence comes despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops, which are engaged in the so-called war on terrorism.
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