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Aid distribution for displaced persons in Khost province, Afghanistan.
UNHCR (file)

Record civilian casualties and widening conflict stretch humanitarian capacities in Afghanistan – UN

18 August 2015
The Afghan conflict has intensified in 2015, resulting in record high levels of civilian casualties and new displacements that are stretching the humanitarian community’s ability to sufficiently meet life-saving needs, the United Nations relief wing reported today.
A wide view of the Security Council in session.
UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz (file)

Security Council deplores latest terrorist attacks in Afghan capital

9 August 2015
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the series of terrorist attacks that have taken place in the Afghan capital, Kabul, since last Thursday and resulted in hundreds of casualties and at least 70 deaths, including children.
Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

UN urges halt to attacks on Afghan civilians after day of record casualties

8 August 2015
The United Nations on Saturday called on anti-Government elements in Afghanistan to stop targeting civilian-populated areas, after a series of attacks yesterday killed at least 40 people, injured more than 300 and caused extensive damage to homes and property.
An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Ari Gaitanis

Deploring latest Afghan attack, UN calls for perpetrators to be held accountable

7 August 2015
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan has condemned the killing of at least eight civilians and the injuring of more than 200 in an attack that took place in Kabul today.
Members of a family sit outside their simple home in northern Afghanistan's Faryab province.
UNHCR/S. Sisomsack

Civilians continue to bear brunt of Afghan conflict, new UN report reveals

5 August 2015
Civilians continued to bear the brunt of the Afghan conflict in the first half of 2015, the United Nations reported today, noting that casualties are projected to equal or exceed the record high numbers documented last year.