UN: Afghan citizens killed, injured rising sharply

Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan — The number of civilians killed or wounded in the Afghan conflict rose 31 percent in the first six months of the year, and anti-government forces caused about three-quarters of the casualties, the United Nations said in a report Tuesday.

"The human cost of this conflict is unfortunately rising," Staffan De Mistura, the top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, said about the report released in Kabul.

"We are worried. We are concerned. We are very concerned about the future because the human cost is being paid too heavily by civilians. This report is a wake -up call."

According to the U.N. report, 1,271 Afghans died and 1,997 were injured — mostly from roadside bombings — in the first six months of the year.

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