http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12685213There has been a large increase in the number of civilians killed in the war in Afghanistan for the second year in a row, according to a UN report.
More than 2,700 civilians were killed in 2010 - up 15% on the year before.
The UN blamed the Taliban and other insurgents for the rise, saying 75% of all deaths were down to them. The Taliban called the report "one-sided".
The numbers killed by Afghan and Nato forces fell, accounting for 16% of civilian deaths, the UN found.
However the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says that the recent accidental killing of nine boys by American forces show that the deaths of Afghans at foreign hands resonates deeply, and provokes even greater outrage than killings by the Taliban.
Top Nato commander Gen David Petraeus apologised for the incident last week.
It was described by President Hamid Karzai as "merciless". He warned that foreign forces would encounter "huge problems" if the "daily killing of innocent civilians" did not stop.
Afghanistan: 2010 bloodiest year for a decade
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Afghanistan: 2010 bloodiest year for a decade
Not sure how much stock I put in a "UN report", but it seems the situation in Afghanistan continues to get worse. What a terrible idea.
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