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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Emma Farge

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover, UN says

FILE PHOTO: A Taliban fighter searches a car as he guards a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara

(This March 7 story corrects name of U.S. ambassador in final para to Michele Taylor, not Sheba Crocker)

GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80% of them by a group affiliated to Islamic State, a U.N. report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers.

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