{"id":71546,"date":"2020-12-09T14:54:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=71546"},"modified":"2020-12-09T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:54:24","slug":"report-the-number-of-civilian-casualties-in-afghanistan-due-to-airstrikes-rose-330-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/71546-report-the-number-of-civilian-casualties-in-afghanistan-due-to-airstrikes-rose-330-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to airstrikes rose 330% in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-09_16-24-03-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-09_16-24-03-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-09_16-24-03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-09_16-24-03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-09_16-24-03-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-09_16-24-03.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>According to an American report, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to airstrikes has increased since 2017, after the United States eased its standards for striking and escalated its attacks against the terrorist Taliban.<br>Neta C. Crawford, co-director of the &#8220;Costs of War Project&#8221; at Brown University, said that the number of civilian casualties killed annually by US or coalition strikes has increased by 330 percent, to about 700 civilian deaths in 2019.<br>The United States reduced the number of its air strikes after striking a deal with the Taliban in February 2020, but the Afghan army increased the frequency of its attacks as it began negotiations with the rebels.<br>While the overall number of civilian deaths in air strikes has decreased, attacks are now coming from Afghan forces, and have escalated in recent months.<br>The Afghan air force is now &#8220;inflicting more damage on Afghan civilians than at any time in its history,&#8221; Crawford wrote, noting that in the first six months of 2020, 86 Afghan civilians were killed and 103 wounded in Afghan air force raids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to an American report, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to airstrikes has increased since 2017, after the United States eased its standards for striking and escalated its attacks against the terrorist Taliban.Neta C. 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