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Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties Grow

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 @ 06:52 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Afghanistan
Topics:: Humanitarian, War & Conflict

Afghanistanica states that the issue of civilian casualties in Afghanistan is a highly contentious issue, citing the results of an opinion poll, according to which 29 per cent of Afghans said the international troops were doing a bad job.

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