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UN Reports 40 Percent Increase in Afghan Civilian
Date: 2/17/2009 9:53:58 AM Sender: VOA News
UN Reports 40 Percent Increase in Afghan Civilian Deaths  
By VOA News
17 February 2009
  
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Afghan woman and daughter cry after relative is killed in military airstrike in Herat province (2008 file photo)

The United Nations says the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan rose 40 percent last year to a record 2,118 people.

A U.N. report issued Tuesday says 55 percent of the victims were killed by militants, and 39 percent were killed by Afghan and foreign troops.

The other deaths could not be attributed to any particular party, and included incidents like crossfire.

NATO disputes the U.N. figures, saying only 237 civilians were killed by NATO and U.S.-led coalition forces last year.

The U.N. report also notes that 38 aid workers were killed last year - double the number killed in 2007. It says 147 aid workers were abducted.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly said the civilian deaths are undermining the Afghan people＇s support for international troops.

The U.N. report compares the civilian death tolls in Afghanistan in 2008 and 2007. Last year was one of the deadliest years since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion that pushed the Taliban from power.

Meanwhile, military officials in Afghanistan say Afghan army commandos, assisted by coalition forces, killed five insurgents during an operation in western Afghanistan＇s Farah province.

And Britain＇s Defense Ministry and NATO say a British soldier serving with NATO-led forces died Monday from combat wounds in southern Afghanistan.

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