More than 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade, the
United Nations reported Thursday, as it renewed calls to end the bloody 18-year conflict.
The announcement comes as the
Taliban and US continue to hold talks aimed at drawing a close to America's longest war, after the negotiations were called off in September by President
Donald Trump due to insurgent attacks.
"I recognize with extreme sadness that civilian casualties recently surpassed 100,000 in the past 10 years alone, from the time the UN Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan (UNAMA) began systematic documentation of civilian casualties," Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN special representative in Afghanistan, said in a statement.