KABUL (SW) – Findings by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission indicate that in the first six months of 2020 a total of 2957 civilians have been killed or injured in 880 different security incidents (1,213 killed, 1744 injured).
Based on the findings by AIHRC, 3,338 civilians were killed or injured by warring parties in the first six months of 2019 with 979 killed, and 2359 injured. The figures indicate that on average 16 people have been killed or injured every day in the first six months of 2020.
There has been a 0.5 percent reduction in women civilian casualties in the first six months of 2020 compared to the first six months of 2019. There is a total of 297 women civilian casualties (126 killed, and 171 injured) in the first six months of 2020; whereas at the same period in 2019, there were 301 women civilian casualties (113 killed, and 188 injured). In addition, the children civilian casualties in the first six months of 2020 have dropped by 33 percent compared to the first six months of 2019.
The number of children civilian casualties in the fist six months of 2020 is 630 (225 killed and 405 injured). The number of children civilian casualties in the first six months of 2019 was 951 (159 killed, and 792 injured).
Based on our findings from the armed conflicts, the perpetrators of civilian casualties are as follows:
- The Taliban: 48.5 percent,
- Unknown perpetrators: 26.7 percent,
- Government forces: 15.5 percent,
- The ISIS: 6.3 percent, and
- The international forces: 2.3 percent.
The remaining percentage of civilian casualties was caused by Pakistani rocketfire in Kunar, Kandahar, Paktia, and Khost.
Findings by AIHRC indicate that the North-Western Zone has endured the highest number of civilian casualties in the first six months of 2020. A total of 692 civilian casualties have been recorded in this zone (319 killed, and 373 injured. The mentioned figure amounts to 23 percent of all civilian casualties in the first six months of 2020. The following is the number and percentage of civilian casualties according to the zones.
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