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UN: Afghan civilian deaths a record high in 2008

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Associated Press
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

KABUL – The number of Afghan civilians killed in armed conflict surged to a record 2,118 people last year as the Afghan war turned increasingly bloody, the U.N. said in a new report Tuesday.

Insurgents were responsible for 55 percent of the deaths, but U.S., NATO and Afghan forces killed 39 percent, the report said. Of those 829 deaths by the forces, 552 were blamed on airstrikes.

Civilian deaths have been a huge source of friction between the U.S. and President Hamid Karzai, who says such deaths undermine his government and the international mission.

The deaths rose 40 percent last year, and the numbers could grow as the United States plans to shift tens of thousands of soldiers to Afghanistan this year to take on the Taliban and other militants.

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O fetita afgana a murit lovita de o cutie cu pliante, lansata de englezi din avion

02-10-2009
 
O fetita afgana a decedat, dupa ce a fost lovita de o cutie cu pliante, care a fost lansata din avion, de catre soldatii britanici, din provincia Helmand. Cutiile in care se pun aceste pliante sunt concepute sa se deschida in aer, pentru ca încarcatura sa se împrastie pe o suprafata cât mai mare. De aceasta data insa cutia nu s-a deschis si a cazut, incarcata, peste fata. Ea a fost ranita grav si a murit la putin timp dupa ce a fost dusa la spitalul din Kandahar. Conform Ministerului Apararii de la Londra, este vorba despre un accident “foarte regretabil”. Gravitatea situatiei este sporita de faptul ca, in mod normal, daca un civil este ranit, militarii britanici îl duc la spitalul de campanie britanic de la Camp Bastion, unde primeste îngrijiri medicale de exceptie. În cazul de fata, nimeni nu a stiut ce s-a intamplat, decat dupa ce fata a murit, la spitalul din Kandahar. Ea este una dintre numeroasele victime nevinovate ale razboiului care a ucis deja în acest an circa 1.500 de civili în Afganistan.

http://www.gardianul.ro/O-fetita-afgana-a-murit-lovita-de-o-cutie-cu-pliante,-lansata-de-englezi-din-avion-s145378.html

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