2019, UN Finds US-Backed Forces Killed More Afghan Civilians Than Taliban and ISIS Did

[G_j]

'Unprecedented': UN Finds US-Backed Forces Killed More Afghan Civilians Than Taliban and ISIS Did So Far in 2019

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/24/unprecedented-un-finds-us-backed-forces-killed-more-afghan-civilians-taliban-and

"A shocking number of civilians continue to be killed and maimed each day."

byJessica Corbett, staff writer

In an "unprecedented" revelation that highlights the consequences of the seemingly endless war in Afghanistan, the United Nations announced Wednesday that U.S.-backed forces killed more Afghan civilians than the Taliban and other armed anti-government groups did in the first three months of this year.

A new quarterly report (pdf) from the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) shows that "pro-government forces," including both Afghan and international troops, killed 305 civilians from January to the end of March.

That compared with 227 civilians killed by "anti-government elements" such as the Taliban and ISIS. There were 49 unattributable deaths, which includes those caught in crossfire.

"A shocking number of civilians continue to be killed and maimed each day," Tadamichi Yamamoto, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative for Afghanistan, said in a statement Wednesday.

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[alwaysinasnit]

1. Does anybody know why we are still in Afghanistan? I'm speculating that is has something to do

with the poppy fields.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/drug-war-american-troops-are-protecting-afghan-opium-u-s-occupation-leads-to-all-time-high-heroin-production/5358053

https://publicintelligence.net/usnato-troops-patrolling-opium-poppy-fields-in-afghanistan/

[malaise]

2. Duh!

That is all,

The planet has much more to fear from the US than the US does from the planet - ask Jimmy Carter