Taliban responsible for 77% of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, U.N. says

McClatchy Saturday 4th February, 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for nearly 80 percent of the civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan last year, said a U.N. report released Saturday. The report said the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documented 3,021 civilian deaths in the conflict in 2011 - up 8 percent from 2010...

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