Despite a general drop in mortality compared to earlier years of conflict and insurgency, the United Nations (U.N.) said on Tuesday that about 1,100 people had been murdered in assaults in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control in 2021.
In a study made public on June 27, the U.N. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), between August 15, 2021, and May 30, this year, there were 3,774 civilian injuries, including 1,095 fatalities.
According to the research, improvised explosive devices (IED) in populous locations, such as marketplaces, schools, and places of worship, were responsible for around three-quarters of those assaults. 287 children and 92 women were among those who died.
“The overall number of civilian casualties in 2020 … fell below 10,000 for the first time since 2013 and was 15 percent down on figures for 2019. However, the number killed stayed above 3,000 for the seventh consecutive year,” the 2020 document states.
While American and NATO soldiers was in the closing stages of a disorganized retreat from the nation in August 2021, the Taliban overran Afghanistan. After two decades of war in Afghanistan, the U.S.-backed government was overthrown by Taliban rebels, 13 military personnel killed, billions of dollars' worth of equipment was left behind, and the withdrawal—and the way it was conducted out—was highly condemned.
