KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) chapter in southern Kandahar province says most or 33 percent of all civilian casualties caused by the ongoing war happened in the southern region of the country.
Sultan Mohammad Aail, AIHRC director for Kandahar province, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News said that 2,854 civilians suffered casualties in 2020 in the southern zone encompassing Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.
He said that 978 civilians were killed and 1,876 others wounded in the conflict in the mentioned provinces last year. The victims included men, women and . . .
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Saifullah Maftoon
