KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's protracted war killed a record number of civilians during the first six months of this year, according to a U.N. report released Monday, which blamed the majority of the deaths on bombings by insurgents.
Un Reports Rise In Afghan War Deaths, Blames Insurgents
By AMIR SHAH Associated Press, Waco Tribune-Herald
Mon, 07/17/2017 - 6:31am
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