<p style="text-align: justify;"><a class="glossify-link" href="/en/afganistan/kabul">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): The insurgents inflicted casualties on 68 civilians during the week.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Roadside bombings, targeted killings and direct fire were the major causes of civilian casualties, the NSC said in a statement.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“The Taliban continue to act against the will of all parties and the people of <a class="glossify-link" href="/en/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> by killing innocent civilians,” the statement said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A halt to civilian casualties and violence against the Afghan people remained important areas of concern and a key demand of the Afghan government, the council added.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The statement said the use of civilian infrastructure, homes as trenches and intentional abduction of civilians made another key component of civilian casualties.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Killing innocent and defenseless civilians was against all religious, human, war and moral principles and the Taliban continued to do so, the NSC concluded.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">sa/mud</p>
