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2020-12-09 Afghanistan
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Three takes on the same facts: 225 Afghan Children Killed in First Half of 2020
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[ToloNews] Over 630 children were killed and maimed in Afghanistan in the first six months of 2020 due to war and violence, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Tuesday. Of that figure, 225 children were killed and 405 others were maimed.
The rights body said that the main cause of the deaths and injuries was an escalation of violence in the residential areas.
"630 children in Afghanistan were among the casualties—225 children killed and 405 more maimed. Of course, the figure will be much higher than this. According to the international conventions on human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
, those people who are not involved in the war, killing them is a war crime," said Zabihullah Farhan, a front man for the AIHRC.
Last month, The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) said that Afghanistan remains the deadliest country for civilians, with Afghan women and kiddies making up half of the fatalities.
Back in October, The UN mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a report said that, overall, the civilian casualty figure for the first nine months of 2020 dropped by around 30 percent compared to the same period in 2019, but while the number of civilian casualties is the lowest in the first nine months of any year since 2012, "the harm done to civilians remains inordinate and shocking."
UNAMA documented that Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) remain responsible for the majority of civilian casualties (58 percent). Compared to the same period in 2019, the amount of civilian deaths attributed to AGEs remained at similar levels, although there was a decrease of 34 percent in the total number of civilian casualties — killed and injured — attributed to AGEs, said the report.
The report said that the number of civilians killed attributed to the Taliban
 ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
increased by six percent in the first nine months of 2020, adding that the overall number of civilian casualties — killed and injured — attributed to the Taliban dropped by 32 percent, mainly due to a reduction in the number of civilians injured by suicide kabooms and ground engagements, though this was partially offset by an increased number of civilian casualties from assassinations and illegal, indiscriminate pressure-plate improvised explosives devices (IEDs).
Attacks causing civilian casualties carried out by undetermined age increased. There were more incidents, especially in relation to the use of IEDs and assassinations, in which UNAMA could not determine which anti-government group was responsible. This also corresponds with a decrease in the number of incidents for which the Taliban or ISIS grabbed credit.
U.S. Forces Lash over Analysis Presented on ‘Costs of War’
[KhaamaPress] The front man for United States Forces in Afghanistan Colonel Sonny Leggett sharply criticized the analysis presented on "costs of war" that shows a 330 percent increase in the number of civilians causalities by US-led Arclight airstrike
 ...KABOOM! ...
between 2016 to 2019 in Afghanistan.
On Monday, finding by the Brown University’s research institute on Costs of War indicated a 330% increase in the number of civilians killed by US-led airstrikes during the President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
administration in 2016 to 2019.
"We disagree with the one-sided analysis presented in "Costs of War," which relies on disputed data and ignores civilian casualties caused by Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and ISIS attacks," said Leggett in a statement.
"This includes ongoing Taliban use of boom-mobiles, IEDs, rockets and assassinations to intimidate, harass and instill fear across Afghanistan," he added.
Referencing the recent quarterly report by UNAMA, the front man said civilian casualties caused by US airstrikes "all but ceased" since Feb. 29, adding that same report attributed more than 3,400 civilian casualties to "anti-government elements," including ISIS and the Taliban.
"We take seriously our duty to train our Afghan counterparts on civilian casualty prevention measures, and we have observed an extraordinary amount of effort and care in their operations," Leggett elaborated, assuring continued support.
NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
had more than 100,000 troops in a big combat operation. Then have gradually reduced its presence and now are roughly 11,000 troops in a Train, Assist and Advise mission. More than half are non-US troops coming from European NATO Allies and partner nations.
330% of Civilian Casualties Blamed on Trump Administration: Report
Mohammad Haroon Alim
[KhaamaPress] American President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
’s decision in 2017 to loosen military rules of engagement in Afghanistan, the rules that were meant to protect civilians took a sharp turn to an increase in the civilian casualties.
On Monday Brown University Watson Institute’s Costs of War Project, released a report that indicated a 330% increase in the number of civilians killed by US-led Arclight airstrike
 ...KABOOM! ...
s from 2016 to 2019.
"Some of this harm could be avoided by tighter rules of engagement, as well as better training. A negotiated ceasefire might also yield results at the bargaining table and at the same time avoid escalating harm to Afghan civilians from airstrikes." the author of the report, Neta C. Crawford, said.
In 2007 to 2016, the Afghan government and US-led forces killed an average of 582 civilians, the report found.
During trump’s administration from 2017 till 2019, named forces killed an average of 1,134 civilians in one year, a 95% increase according to the report.
Civilian casualties have taken a dramatic increase due to the U.S. and allied forces airstrike, the report indicates.
The 2019 was the year 700 non-combatants were killed due to airstrikes, more civilians than in 2001 and 2002, the airstrikes decreased following the US-Taliban
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agreement in Doha, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
in February of 2020.
As strikes declined so the civilian casualties have decreased, report said.
According to the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
, US-led and Afghan government airstrikes killed more civilians than did Taliban bad boy attacks during the first half of 2019.
The new report found that as US-led bombings declined following the agreement reached with the Taliban in February 2020, Afghan government airstrikes have increased.
According to the report, "as a consequence, the Afghan Air Force (AAF) is harming more Afghan civilians than at any time in its history."
The report says, "In the first six months of this year, the AAF killed 86 Afghan civilians and injured 103 civilians in airstrikes. That rate of harm nearly doubled in the next three months. Between July and the end of September, the Afghan Air Force killed 70 civilians and 90 civilians were maimed," adding that "As with the international airstrikes, some of this harm could be avoided by tighter rules of engagement, as well as better training."
Per the highlights of the facts, total U.S. withdrawal of the infantry does not mean a decrease in the civilian casualties, the combat is one-sided, and may the airstrikes continue.
A total of 43,000 non-combatants were killed in the US-led war, the analysis of this report showed most non-combatants were killed by the Taliban, some civilians including children were victims of US, Allied, and Afghan government bombings and bullets.
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