According to the report issued on February 22 by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 2019 was the sixth consecutive year that civilian casualties have topped 10,000.
However, the figures marked a 5 percent drop compared to 2018.
“Almost no civilian in Afghanistan has escaped being personally affected in some way by the ongoing violence,” UNAMA head Tadamichi Yamamoto said.
Yamamoto urged all sides to “seize the moment to stop the fighting.”
“Civilian lives must be protected and efforts for peace are under way,” he said.
On February 22, a partial truce came into effect across the country.
The Taliban and U.S. and Afghan forces have agreed to a “reduction in violence” for seven days, ahead of the planned signing on February 29 of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal.
With reporting by dpa and AFP
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