[ToloNews] The United Nations...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has raised deep concerns over a surge in the number of civilian casualties in the country and has urged the Afghan warring factions to end hostilities and engage in intra-Afghan talks.
The UN envoy called on the Afghan warring sides to respect international laws and protect the civilians.
Seriously?? Even I’m not that naive.
"Rising numbers of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, with a disregard for international law aimed at protecting civilians from harm, underscore the urgent need for parties to halt the fighting and to re-focus on starting intra-Afghan peace negotiations," UNAMA said in a report on Tuesday amid escalating violence in multiple frons across the nation."UNAMA’s latest preliminary figures indicate a trend of escalating civilian casualties in April from operations conducted by both the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). There is also grave concern about levels of violence in the first half of May, including recent attacks claimed by Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
-Khorasan Province (ISKP)," the report said.
According to the report, the Taliban were responsible for 208 civilian casualties in April which shows an increase of 25 percent in comparison to April 2019 and at similar levels to March 2020.
Based on the report, civilian casualties attributed to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) for April 2020 numbered 172 civilians, an increase of 38 percent compared to April 2019, and 37 percent higher than March 2020.
The report states that since April 1, in addition to the unclaimed attack on a hospital in Kabul last week, UNAMA has documented the abduction of 15 healthcare workers by the Taliban as well as a threat to healthcare workers and the confiscation of medical supplies by the ANSF.