Almost no civilian in Afghanistan has escaped being personally affected in some way by the ongoing violence, says Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan.
The UN urges other States to refrain from providing arms that could be used in the conflict, and reminds them of their obligation to take all reasonable measures to ensure respect for international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict.
Airstrikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilians several times a week and the response seems to be a collective shrug, says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
An investigation by Amnesty International and Airwars has revealed that more than 1,600 civilians were killed as a direct result of US, UK and French airstrikes and US artillery strikes during the Coalition’s military assault on the Syrian city Raqqa in 2017.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in recent fighting, including in coalition airstrikes on a vegetable market and road checkpoint, Huthi fighters have now taken up positions on a hospital roof, placing civilians inside the building in danger.