The figures mark a 4-percent drop in civilian deaths, but a 9-percent rise in civilian injuries, compared to 2014.
The figures mark a 4-percent drop in civilian deaths, but a 9-percent rise in civilian injuries, compared to 2014.
Kabul
: The United Nations says civilian injuries in Afghanistan's long war with the Taliban rose last year, with women and children again bearing the brunt of the violence.
In a report released Sunday, the UN says a total of 3,545 civilians were killed in 2015 as a result of the war. Another 7,457 were wounded, it says.
The figures mark a 4-percent drop in civilian deaths, but a 9-percent rise in civilian injuries, compared to 2014.
The UN's Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said 2015 had the -"highest number of total civilian casualties recorded by UNAMA since 2009.-"
It also said that 10 percent of civilian casualties were women, up 37 percent from the year before. It says 25 percent were children, up 14 percent.
