Top UN official concerned about reported killing of four civilians in Afghanistan on Monday
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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 15 April 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, expressed his concern today about the reported killing on Monday of four civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, when international military forces fired at a bus. De Mistura called on all parties to do their utmost to minimize harm to ordinary Afghans and to take every possible precautionary measure to distinguish between civilians and combatants in their operations. This incident follows other reports of civilian casualties over recent weeks. According to de Mistura, this is a disturbing trend, and all efforts must be undertaken to ensure it is reversed. He also expressed his sadness at the death of five deminers, and injuring of 16 others, when their bus was struck by a roadside bomb on 11 April. He deplored the attack on courageous people who for years have devoted their lives to making Afghanistan safer for all.
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