March 22, 2011
Six Libyan villagers are recovering in hospital after being shot by American soldiers coming in to rescue the U.S. pilots whose plane crash-landed in a field. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘civilians wounded’
LIBYA: US rescue chopper shoots six Libyan villagers as they welcome pilots of downed Air Force jet
Posted in Africa, Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Libya, Military, NATO/Allies, United Nations, tagged civilians wounded, innocent victims, Libya, UN, us military on March 25, 2011|
AFGHANISTAN: ANNUAL REPORT DOCUMENTS 2,777 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN 2010
Posted in Afghanistan, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Military, NATO/Allies, South Asia, Study, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians wounded, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, Nato, UN, UNAMA on March 10, 2011|
PARTIES TO AFGHAN CONFLICT SHOULD ESCALATE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN 2011
KABUL – 9 MARCH 2011 – Parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan should escalate their efforts to protect Afghan civilians in 2011, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said today on releasing their 2010 Annual Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban gunmen and bombers storm bank in Afghanistan, kill 18
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, South Asia, Suicide Bomb, Taliban, Terrorists, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians wounded, innocent civilians, innocent victims, Taliban on February 22, 2011|
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-bank-attack-20110220,0,3525118.story
Insurgents open fire on people waiting in line and two bombers detonate explosive belts at a Kabul Bank branch in the city of Jalalabad. The Taliban say the latest in a series of strikes targeted soldiers who draw their pay from the bank.
 Smoke rises from the area where gunmen and bombers stormed the Kabul Bank branch in the city of Jalalabad. (PO / Pajhwok Afghan, AFP/Getty Images / February 19, 2011) |
For scores of them, this quick errand turned into a nightmare. In the latest of a series of methodical and deadly strikes in Afghanistan’s largest cities, gunmen and bombers stormed a busy bank branch in the main urban hub of eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 70, provincial authorities said. (more…)
PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN & INDIA: 282 violent incidents recorded in three months
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, India, Insurgents, Middle-East, Pakistan, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilian wounded, civilians, civilians wounded, innocent civilians, innocent victims, Middle-East, militants, Pakistan, war victims on February 3, 2011| 1 Comment »
ISLAMABAD: The last quarter of 2010 claimed 3648 lives in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India in incidents of anti-state militancy.
Thirteen of them were killed everyday in Pakistan alone in some 282 incidents of violence, according to a report compiled by the Conflict Monitoring Centre (CMC). Over one thousand among these causalities were innocent civilians. (more…)
IRAQ: Unexploded Munitions Put Civilians at Risk
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Foreign Aid, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, Terrorists, Unexploded Ordinances (UXO), tagged Bomb, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, civilians wounded, innocent civilians, innocent victims, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, NGOs on January 20, 2011|
18-01-2011 Operational Update No 01/11
Landmines, unexploded ordnance and other lethal debris of war are still a serious threat in Iraq. They add to the many hardships that Iraqi civilians must deal with as a consequence of decades of armed conflict. The ICRC recently stepped up its efforts to help the civilian population get back on their feet by launching an initiative to reduce the impact of weapon contamination. (more…)
War Victims Monitor 
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