UN: Over 2,000 civilians killed in Afghanistan in 2008

KABUL. February 17. KAZINFORM The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its annual report on 2008 released here Tuesday said that 2,118 civilians had been killed last year in Afghanistan.

The report indicates almost 40 percent increase against 1,523 civilians deaths recorded in 2007, Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.