Response of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to UN Report on Civilian Casualties

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) has published a report about civilian casualties in Afghanistan in which they have made some finger-pointing remarks. The report is a follow-up to the assertions made by UN Secretary General recently.

They claim that among the 2,412 civilians killed last year, the Armed Opposition of the government have killed many of them and a minuscule number of them have lost their lives due to American bombardment and firing.

A few days ago, UN Secretary General made self-same claims about civilian casualties. However, the UN has not disclosed the source upon which they had prepared the report. Have they gone to any rural area or war-stricken zone for the collection of the data? Certainly, they have not. The rural areas are under the control of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and according to the World Security and Development Council map, these areas constitute 80% of the territory of Afghanistan. Therefore, it is clear that they have patched up the report in the Guest House of UNAMA in Kabul, stuffing the desired data into it which are palatable on political grounds. Then, they have placed the blame on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

It is worth mentioning that this report has overlooked many events, which occurred last year. The number of civilians killed by the invaders in Kunar, Nooristan, Laghman, Kunduz, Logar, Paktika, Helmand, Farah and Uruzgan provinces certainly exceed the number of those entered in the report. In addition to this, every day, our countrymen are killed in rural areas, on highways and in their houses by the invading soldiers, blind bombardments and the Predators.

Residents of Nawzad district say that amore than one hundred and fifty common people have been killed by missiles fired from Shorab Military Base. Similarly, the civilians killed in Marja, Zamindavar, Garamsir, Gerishk, Nad Ali and Nava at the hand of the invaders during operations, bombardment and missiles strikes surpass the number shown in UNAMA report.

We would like to remind UN Secretary General and other officials of the United Nations, have you visited Zamindavar area of Kajaki district where the invading foreign troops set fire to 2,000 shops of common people, burning to ashes the whole bazaar? Have you met the patients who were injured by phosphorus bombs in an aerial strike in Kunduze province last September? Even the provincial authorities of the Puppet Kabul regime in Kunduz prevented relatives of the dying victims from taking the injured persons to Kabul for medical treatment because they feared the world will know about the phosphors bombs.

Last year, we saw that the Western media were frequently publishing partial and farce reports about civilian casualties perpetrated by the invading Americans. Fore example, the Western media, quoting American spokesmen, reported that 35 militants from the armed opposition were killed by American troops in Dai Chupan last year. Later, it was proved that all were civilians killed as a result of American bombardment. Up to this very day, no reporter or an official of the United Nations visited the area to find out about the incident.

We would like to tell Banki Mooon and other UN officials that you will never achieve the goal through such farce and politically-motivated reports. The people do not believe you. The so-called unjustified war on terror has lost its luster. People now know that it is a war of colonialism aimed at expanding American dominance over the world. It began in Afghanistan but the US will gradually spread it to other countries. To counter this, the devout Afghan Muslims, the freedom-loving and patriotic forces have taken up arms to achieve their aspirations and natural rights.

The Mujahideen have sprouted from among the people. They live among them and share their joy and pains. No more you would be able to confuse the mind of the public of the world, nor you will ever be able to boost the sagging morale of the Americans and NATO soldiers, nor it suits you to resort to such fictitious tactics. Only you will contribute to discrediting yourself by condescending to such actions.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan