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Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record in 2018: UN
KABUL, Feb 24, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – More civilians were killed in the Afghan
war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of
fighting, according to a UN report released Sunday.
Civilian deaths jumped by 11 percent from 2017 with 3,804 people killed and
another 7,189 wounded, according to the UN figures, as suicide attacks and
bombings wreaked havoc across the war-torn country.
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