Directory of Civilian Casualties Resources

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This category is for sites on civilian casualties from either the Taliban or United States forces during the fight in Afghanistan.

Resources in This Category

• Expecting Taliban, but Finding Only Horror

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/international/asia/08VILL.html
  A New York Times detailed report on the bombing of four villages in Oruzgan Province on July 1, 2002. [Free registration required].

• Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and their Use by the U.S. In Afghanistan

  http://hrw.org/reports/2002/us-afghanistan/
  A report by Human Rights Watch. Includes photographs and maps.

• Forgotten Victims

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/20/afghanistan.comment
  Jonathan Steele summarizes estimations on the number of casualties, and discusses the effect of the US air strikes on humanitarian help. The Guardian, UK.

• Marc Herold: Counting the Dead

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/08/afghanistan.comment
  A summary and comparison of the existing statistics on Afghan civilian casualties. The Guardian, UK.

• Operation Enduring Freedom: Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Casualties?

  http://www.comw.org/pda/0201oef.html
  A report on the war in Afghanistan that examines civilian deaths from bombing and tries to explain why the rate of casualties is higher than in the 1999 Balkans war. Written by Carl Conetta for the Project on Defense Alternatives.

• The Innocent Dead in a Coward's War

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/20/afghanistan.comment
  Seumas Milne reports in The Guardian on an American economist's estimate that US bombs have killed at least 3,767 civilians.

• Why Do They Use Bombs? Grieving Afghans Demand Answers

  http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav070302.shtml
  Halima Kazem reports on the life of Afghan victims of US bombings. EurasiaNet.

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