Particularly disturbing were targeted killings of women by Anti-Government Elements demonstrated by the killings of the head and deputy head of the Laghman Department of Women's Affairs in August and December [ The deliberate targeting and killing of civilian members of the Government administration is a violation of international humanitarian law which stipulates that military objects only may be the lawful objects of attack.
While we are pretty good at providing detailed statistical breakdowns of coalition military casualties and by we, I mean the media as a whole , we've not been so good at providing any kind of breakdown of Afghan civilian casualties. There has been some work done. Human Rights Watch has published breakdowns of civilian casualties, and academics such as Mark Herold at the University of New Hampshire have done detailed reporting on very specific periods of the operation.
A key reason for the difference between the and data is that civilian casualty statistics often change following the public release of such figures, as UNAMA only reports civilian casualty figures verified through multiple sources. This verification is a rigorous and time-consuming process, which is affected by the security situation. UNAMA also takes steps to verify new cases identified through its monitoring — regardless of when the incident occurred.
The numbers often change on a daily basis as new information is added eg. Sometimes, as has happened, it can take more than a year to fully verify. UNAMA publicly reports civilian casualty figures through its mid-year and annual Protection of Civilians reports, press statements as well quarterly reporting to the UN Secretary-General.
These documents are available online. You've noticed the gap in media reporting - asking us why we publish military deaths but not civilian casualties. True, they're not very visible on the UNAMA site and are not updated regularly in a visible way - but they do seem to be the best we can get. The UN mission said it was also concerned about the increasing number of reports of killing, ill-treatment, persecution and discrimination in communities affected by the fighting and its aftermath.
It warned that all parties to respect the human rights and dignity of people and prevent such abuses and violations. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan witnessed a sharp rise since peace negotiations started in September last year, even though overall deaths and injuries dropped in , compared to the previous year, according to a UN human rights report launched Tuesday. Skip to main content. Welcome to the United Nations.
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