Feb 05 2012
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Most civilian deaths due to Taliban: UN
A UN report states that last year 80% of civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan were the responsibility of the Taliban and other insurgent groups.
This despite the fact that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar said that civilian casualties were unacceptable, and that deliberately killing civilians was a breach of human rights.
The Taliban strategy in Afghanistan relies on acts of terrorism that directly target civilians. So it is not surprising that Fawzia Kufi, a member of Parliament and head of the National Assembly’s women’s affairs committee, accused Mullah Omar of hypocrisy and dishonesty.
