{"id":1831,"date":"2016-10-25T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2016-10-25T09:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:07:51","slug":"conflict-in-afghanistan-has-affected-around-one-million-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1831","title":{"rendered":"Conflict in Afghanistan Has Affected around one million Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

By : Mirwais Jalalzai <\/strong><\/p>\n

Afghanistan today is without a doubt the most dangerous place to be born.<\/em><\/p>\n

The war in Afghanistan is\u00a0the world\u2019s longest-running major armed conflict. 2016 saw a substantial increase in\u00a0civilian casualties and displacement which is continuing. The fighting is\u00a0currently between the\u00a0Afghan Security\u00a0Forces and the\u00a0Taliban, al-Qaeda, the\u00a0Haqqani Network\u00a0and Islamic State militants.<\/p>\n

The widespread conflict impacts the lives of at least 9 million people spicily\u00a0 in southern Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Kunduz, Baghlan, Nangarhar and Takhar provinces\u00a0more than half of them are children.<\/p>\n

Takeover of Kunduz province by Taliban in last September was a bright example of where many \u00a0civilians including children and women burned like fire -wood between Taliban and pro-governmental forces.<\/p>\n

More than 250 civilians died just in 72 hours in Kunduz city most of them children and women.<\/p>\n

People have been displaced in 27 provinces since the beginning of this year\u00a0and will be facing increased hardship and malnutrition and over half of the displaced are children.<\/p>\n

United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documented more than 6000 civilian casualties since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n

The intensifying of the conflict is having dire consequences for children. One-quarter of all civilian casualties are now children.<\/p>\n

Children represent the fastest growing group in civilians killed and injured in Afghanistan\u2019s long-running armed conflict.<\/p>\n

According to UNAMA, documents 639 conflict-related deaths and 1,822 injuries among children in the first nine months of this year \u2013 15 percent higher than the same period in 2015, which was also a record-setting year for deaths and injuries to children. In fact, child casualties in Afghanistan have risen every year since 2013.<\/p>\n

Ground fighting between Taliban and Afghan government forces, which has increased as more districts have become battlegrounds, caused more than half of all child casualties in 2016. Moreover,\u00a084 percent of civilians<\/a>\u00a0killed or injured by unexploded ordnance were children. These de facto landmines, which detonate on contact, remain lethal for months or years after the fighting ends, turning open areas into minefields.<\/p>\n

Internally displaced children and\u00a0populations in conflict-affected areas, in particular are at risk of child recruitment by armed groups, including the Taliban, Haqqani network, Hezb-i-Islami and ISIS.\u00a0 \u00a0In 2016 the verified\u00a0recruitment and use of children more than doubled compared to 2015, 215 boys and 1 girl.<\/p>\n

Children are being detained for alleged association with armed groups by the Afghan government and by the international security forces.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of 2016 the Ministry of Justice reported that 214 boys had been detained in juvenile rehabilitation centers on charges relating to national security and\u00a0166 detainees arrested as children were still\u00a0being held at the Parwan detention facility, 53 still under the age of 18.<\/p>\n

The Parwan Facility was transferred to the Afghan authorities by the international forces in 2013. There is concern that children are being\u00a0 held in a high-security prison for adults without due process and are frequently subjected to solitary confinement. Many children have no legal assistance or legal documentation, and some have\u00a0reported threats and torture during interrogation.<\/p>\n

The Taliban remain\u00a0responsible<\/a>\u00a0for most civilian casualties. Despite Taliban\u00a0claims that protecting civilians<\/a>\u00a0is one of their main aims, the armed group continues to pursue a\u00a0strategy of suicide bombings<\/a>\u00a0against civilians and attacks on populated areas. However, groups claiming affiliation with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) were responsible for some of the worst atrocities of this nine-month period, including the July 23 attack on mainly ethnic Hazara protesters in Kabul that killed at least 85 people and injured more than 400, making it the single deadliest attack since 2001.<\/p>\n

Civilian casualties caused by government forces have also risen sharply, with 623 civilian deaths and 1,274 injuries attributable to the Afghan military and other pro-government forces \u2013 a 42 percent increase from last year. A growing number of these are the result of airstrikes, as well as the use of indirect explosive weapons in populated areas.<\/p>\n

Unless all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan take urgent steps to abide by the laws of war, civilians \u2013 especially children \u2013 will continue to pay the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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