'We never target innocents.' U.S. envoy responds to report that U.S. and Afghan forces killed more civilians than Taliban.
Residents crowd around a vehicle that was shot by U.S. forces after an attack near the Bagram base, north of Kabul, on April 9. By Adam Taylor Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow April 25 at 11:20 AM A day after the United Nations reported that Afghan forces and their U.S. allies had killed more civilians in Afghanistan than the Taliban and the Islamic State had in the first quarter of 2019, a U.S.
“I challenge Talibs to join other Afghans and work to make this the year of peace,” he wrote, referring to supporters of the Islamist political movement and insurgency. — U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad April 25, 2019 The Taliban say “a ceasefire is not part of the agenda." For us, peace is the agenda. The Afghan people have had enough violence & want an end to the war. The United States stands with them. I challenge Talibs to join other Afghans and work to make this the year of peace.
— UNAMA News April 24, 2019 According to the U.N. report. pro-government forces were responsible for 53 percent of civilian deaths in the first quarter, though insurgent groups were responsible for 54 percent of all civilian casualties, a figure that includes injuries and deaths. Tadamichi Yamamoto, the U.N. special representative for Afghanistan, said all sides need to take “urgent steps” to prevent harm to civilians. “Pro-government Forces are called upon to take immediate measures to mitigate the rising death toll and suffering caused by airstrikes and search operations,” Yamamoto said in a statement released Wednesday.
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