Afghanistan civilian deaths hit record high in 2018

Washington Examiner ^ | 2019-02-25 21:00 | Katelyn Caralle

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More civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2018 than any other year since the U.S. started fighting there in 2001.

The United Nations released a report that said there were 3,804 civilian deaths in 2018, an 11 percent increase from 2017.

Of those deaths, 927, or about 25 percent, were children up to age 17. It said 7,189 civilians were injured last year in the armed conflict.

[shanover]

Not our problem anymore.

[bgill]

There were more people in the world each year from the previous year, hence more deaths.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In Afghanistan there are no civilians. Every person is an enemy combatant.