LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Nearly 2000 civilians suffered casualties as a result of clashes, airstrikes and bomb explosions in southern Helmand province during the past eight months, an official said on Thursday.
Sixty people lost their lives and another 1,890 others sustained wounds including women and children during the period, said Helmand-based human rights official Muqim Alizai.
Addressing a press conference in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, Alizai said the civilian casualties during the past eight months showed an increase over casualties during the same period last year . . .
