Asia - Voice of America: UN: Civilian Casualties Drop in Afghanistan

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UN: Civilian Casualties Drop in Afghanistan May 30th 2012, 12:59 The United Nations says civilian casualties in Afghanistan's decade-long war have dropped by more than 20 percent in the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2011. U.N. special representative for Afghanistan Jan Kubis told reporters in Kabul Wednesday that insurgents were responsible for nearly 80 percent of the 579 civilian deaths, about the same number as last year, while NATO and Afghan forces were responsible for nine percent - a drop of five percent ... Media files: C27F319E-85E8-42F3-8F80-D54DF654C9B2_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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