{"id":7597,"date":"2017-05-18T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T14:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2017-05-18T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T14:14:25","slug":"conflict-related-child-deaths-hit-new-high-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2017\/05\/conflict-related-child-deaths-hit-new-high-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict-Related Child Deaths Hit New High in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source :\u00a0UN<\/a><\/p>\n

16 May 2017 \u2013 Deeply concerned by the continued increase in conflict-related child deaths in Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA<\/a>) has urged parties to the conflict to take immediate measures to reduce harm.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Children play in the Sosmaqala Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in northern Afghanistan. The camp is comprised of returned Afghans following many years as refugees in neighbouring Iran. 30\/Aug\/2009. Sar-e-Pul, Afghanistan. UN Photo\/Eric Kanalstein.<\/h6>\n

\u201cI was appalled<\/a> to hear that an unexploded mortar round killed five boys from the same family\u201d on Sunday, said the Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children were playing outside their home [\u2026] A family destroyed in seconds \u2013 this horror is just one of too many incidents documented at the onset of this fighting season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The first four months of 2017 witnessed the highest recorded number of child civilian casualties resulting from conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan, including the highest number of children killed, for the same comparable period since the Mission began documenting cases.<\/p>\n

Between 1 January and 30 April 2017, UNAMA preliminarily recorded 283 child deaths, a 21 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2016. Children are killed by explosive remnants of war in civilian-populated areas and in ground fighting.<\/p>\n

Many of the more than 700 children injured have suffered life-changing injuries, including loss of limbs, as well as significant and lasting trauma such as witnessing the death of siblings, parents, destruction to their homes or displacement.<\/p>\n

UNAMA again urged parties to the conflict to prioritize the protection of children and welcomed the commitment of the Government to formally ratify Protocol V<\/a> to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons.<\/p>\n

The Mission urged all parties to the conflict to commence marking, clearing, removing and destroying explosive remnants of war left behind from fighting in areas under their territorial control.<\/p>\n

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