Wikileaks releases NATO report on civilian deaths

[Azooz]

Following the arrest of a high ranking British Army Officer this month for leaking civilian casualty figures for Afghanistan 2006-2007, Wikileaks has released a fresh NATO report showing that in the last 12 months civilian deaths from the war in Afghanistan have jumped by 46%. The report reveals a dramatic escalation of the war and civil disorder. Coalition deaths increased by 35%, assassinations and kidnappings by 50% and attacks on the Kabul based Government of Hamid Karzai also more than doubled, rising a massive 119%. Other significant NATO/International Security Assistance Force figures from the 2009 report are...(more)

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