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Helmand sees nearly 2,000 civilian casualties this year

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 1,920 civilians, including more than 700 children, have suffered casualties in southern Helmand province so far during the current year, a rights campaigner said on Saturday.

Afifa Marouf, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) head for Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News the province had once again witnessed most of the civilian casualties.

She said 1,920 civilians, including 722 children, were killed and wounded in airstrikes, explosions, face-to-face fighting and other incidents in the province.

“We are . . .

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