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KABUL - Extraordinary levels of harm inflicted on civilians in the
Afghan conflict continues unabated, with UNAMA finding that the number
of civilians killed and injured during the first three months of 2021 to
be significantly higher than a year ago.
Released today, the Afghanistan Protection of Civilians in Armed
Conflict 2021 First Quarter Report documents 1,783 civilian casualties
(573 killed and 1,210 injured), a 29 per cent increase compared with the
same period in 2020.
Of particular concern is the 37 per cent increase in the number of women
killed and injured, and a 23 per cent increase in child casualties
compared with the first quarter of 2020.
“The number of Afghan civilians killed and maimed, especially women and
children, is deeply disturbing. I implore the parties to urgently find a
way to stop this violence,” said Deborah Lyons, the Secretary-General’s
Special Representative for Afghanistan.
The commencement of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020
raised hopes for an improvement in the situation for civilians. However,
in the six months between October 2020 and March 2021, UNAMA recorded a
38 per cent increase in civilian casualties compared with the same
period one year earlier. It is worth noting that in February 2020, both
Afghan government forces and the Taliban agreed to a week’s reduction in
violence, which immediately and significantly reduced the scale of harm
to Afghan civilians, demonstrating that political commitment can save
Afghan lives. Unfortunately, no additional reductions in violence have
been agreed to since the start of the Afghanistan Peace Negotiations.
“Every possible opportunity for peace must be seized. If levels of
violence are not immediately reduced, thousands of Afghan civilians will
continue to be killed and injured by fellow Afghans in 2021,” said
Lyons, who is also head of UNAMA.
The overall increase in civilian casualties in the first quarter of 2021
was mainly driven by the same trends that caused the increase at the end
of last year: ground engagements; improvised explosive devices; and
targeted killings.
Anti-Government Elements continued to be responsible for the majority
(61 per cent) of all civilian casualties in the first three months of
2021, while Pro-Government Forces continued to cause approximately one
quarter (27 per cent) of the total civilian casualties.
In the first three months of 2021, UNAMA documented increases in the
number of civilian casualties as compared to the first quarter of 2020,
attributed to both the Afghan National Army, and the Taliban, with the
Taliban responsible for 43.5 per cent of all civilian casualties, and
the Afghan National Army responsible for 17 per cent.
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