by Abdul Haleem
KABUL, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan government like yesteryear has been faced with multiple challenges in 2016 above all the increasing security incidents and futile efforts to find negotiated settlement to the country's lingering crisis.
Prominent among different armed opposition groups, the hardliner Taliban has been fighting for over more than a decade to regain power and reinstate its fanatic religious reign in the war-stricken Afghanistan.
The ongoing militancy in Afghanistan has claimed countless lives including civilians, militants and security forces throughout the outgoing year.
According to a report of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released in October, a total of 2,562 civilians had been killed from January 1 to Sept. 30, 2016 and 5,835 civilians sustained injuries in the ongoing militancy and conflicts in Afghanistan over the period.
The report attributed 61 percent of the casualties to the armed anti-government insurgents operating in Afghanistan.
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