Taliban dispute U.N. report on Afghan casualties

The Taliban movement is disputing a U.N. report that asserts the number of civilians killed by them has risen but those slain by the invaders has dropped. The group said in a statement that the recently-issued quarterly report is part of an “effort to cover up the brutal actions of Americans.”

The Taliban said American operations in the southern Afghan provinces of Kandahar and Helmand and coalition night raids have caused casualties and displaced thousands of civilians.
“The increase in civilian casualties to hundreds of thousands during the past nine years by the American brutal invaders is a plan for genocide, which is continuing in the remote areas of the country … ” the statement said.
The U.N. report said that Afghanistan is seeing higher levels of violence this year than last year at this time, with 20 percent more civilians killed and the number of “security incidents” up by 66 percent.
The number of civilians killed by the United States and its allies is higher
More than 2,400 civilians were killed and more than 3,800 injured in the first 10 months of this year.
More than three out of four of the casualties were caused by American invaders.

Source: Sunni News