FROM: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56770570
The cost of this 20-year military and security engagement has been astronomically high - in lives, in livelihoods and in money. Over 2,300 US servicemen and women have been killed and more than 20,000 injured, along with more than 450 Britons and hundreds more from other nationalities.
But it is the Afghans themselves who have borne the brunt of the casualties, with over 60,000 members of the security forces killed and nearly twice that many civilians.
The estimated financial cost to the US taxpayer is close to a staggering US$1 trillion.
Twenty years on, the country is still not at peace. According to the research group Action on Armed Violence, 2020 saw more Afghans killed by explosive devices than in any other country in the world. Al-Qaeda, Islamic State (IS) and other militant groups have not disappeared, they are resurgent and doubtless encouraged by the imminent departure of the last remaining Western forces. END of Gardner's report
Afghanistan: Record civilian casualties in 2021, UN reports
Afghan civilians were killed or injured at record levels in the first half of this year as violence escalated, the UN says.
A new report says Afghanistan recorded more than 1,600 civilian deaths so far in 2021. That's a 47% rise compared with this time last year.
And the UN warns the number of deaths could rise still further.
Government forces have been fighting Taliban insurgents, who now control large parts of the country.
Most international forces have withdrawn after a mission lasting nearly 20 years.
FROM:- https://www.rescue-uk.org/country/afghanistan
Women and girls should never be a target of violence
The IRC is horrified and outraged by the barbaric bomb attack on the Sayed-u-Shohada Girls’ School in Afghanistan, which killed more than 50 people.
Afghanistan continues to be one of the most dangerous places for civilians and children, and attacks targeting them are a gross violation of international humanitarian law.
All parties in Afghanistan must stop this terrible violence immediately. The IRC is calling on the International community to support peace efforts
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