The human cost of the Afghan war and Taliban attacks
Al Jazeera takes a look at the human cost of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Last year more than 3,400 civilians were killed in Afghanistan. The Taliban were responsible for almost half of those deaths.
Afghan forces and the US were responsible for 43 percent – with last year seeing a record-high level of civilian casualties from air raids, mostly by international forces.
Fortunately, it has been an unusually quiet week in Kabul, where bombs and bullets have been a mainstay for years, but the deal signed in Doha still has a long way to go before real peace can be achieved.
Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley takes a look back at the high cost of the war on civilians.
Published On 1 Mar 2020