Executions, kidnappings, crossfire and other indiscriminate killings: these risks, usual for Afghans who have suffered for twenty years the war of attrition waged by the Taliban against government and foreign forces, have recently taken on unprecedented proportions.
The extremist guerrillas are the main sponsor, doubling their offensives against pro-government forces with a campaign of targeted assassinations against their fellow citizens suspected of having worked for the government or a foreign structure.
Since May, some 2,400 civilians have been killed: unheard of in this period since the United Nations began recording civilian casualties in 2009.
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