{"id":53938,"date":"2019-10-18T01:13:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T01:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/18\/civilian-casualties-at-record-high-levels-in-afghanistan-un-report-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:50:20","slug":"civilian-casualties-at-record-high-levels-in-afghanistan-un-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/18\/civilian-casualties-at-record-high-levels-in-afghanistan-un-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilian casualties at record-high levels in Afghanistan, UN report says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Afghan civilians are dying in record numbers in the country\u2019s increasingly brutal war<\/a>, noting that more civilians died in July than in any previous one-month period since the U.N. began keeping statistics, according to a U.N. report released Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report also said that for the first time this year insurgents were responsible for more casualties than U.S. and pro-government forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadamichi Yamamoto, the U.N. secretary-general\u2019s special representative for Afghanistan, said neither side is doing enough<\/a> to protect civilians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report said 2,563 civilians were killed and 5,676 were wounded in the first nine months of this year. Insurgents were responsible for 62 percent. July to September were the deadliest months so far this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCivilian casualties at record-high levels clearly show the need for all parties concerned to pay much more attention to protecting the civilian population, including through a review of conduct during combat operations,\u201d said Yamamoto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCivilian casualties are totally unacceptable, especially in the context of the widespread recognition that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\t