KABUL, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations has called upon warring sides in Afghanistan to halt the killing and maiming of civilians as a total of 3,498 civilians were killed in violence across the country in 2016.
"The report documents 11,418 conflict-related civilian casualties, including 3,498 killed and 7,920 injured. Of these, 3,512 were children - 923 dead and 2,589 injured, up 24 percent on the previous highest recorded figure," the UN mission in Afghanistan said in a report released here Monday
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