The United Nations says the war in Afghanistan killed more than 2,500 Afghan civilians in the first nine months of 2016. More than 5,800 others were wounded. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released the findings on Wednesday. The Mission repeated its call for all sides in the Afghan war to prevent harm to civilians. The number of civilian casualties represents a one percent decrease from the same period in 2015. However, deaths and injuries among Afghan children increased. A mission statement said U.N. officials have been deeply concerned about the rising number of child casualties since 2013. It said that the mission documented 639 deaths of Afghan children in the first nine months of 2016. More than 1,800 others were injured. U.N. officials blamed Taliban-led anti-government forces for causing 61 percent of all civilian deaths.
Title: UN Blames Afghan War for Almost 2,600 Deaths This Year
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1452/afghan_war_deaths.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='UN Blames Afghan War for Almost 2,600 Deaths This Year' data-article-id='1956'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12125'>The United Nations says the war in Afghanistan killed more than 2,500 Afghan civilians in the first nine months of 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='12125' data-end-time='16667'>More than 5,800 others were wounded.</span> <span data-start-time='16667' data-end-time='23771'>The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released the findings on Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='23771' data-end-time='32375'>The Mission repeated its call for all sides in the Afghan war to prevent harm to civilians.</span> <span data-start-time='32375' data-end-time='41813'>The number of civilian casualties represents a one percent decrease from the same period in 2015.</span> <span data-start-time='41813' data-end-time='47688'>However, deaths and injuries among Afghan children increased.</span> <span data-start-time='47688' data-end-time='58625'>A mission statement said U.N. officials have been deeply concerned about the rising number of child casualties since 2013.</span> <span data-start-time='58625' data-end-time='69875'>It said that the mission documented 639 deaths of Afghan children in the first nine months of 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='69875' data-end-time='74125'>More than 1,800 others were injured.</span> <span data-start-time='74125' data-end-time='84104'>U.N. officials blamed Taliban-led anti-government forces for causing 61 percent of all civilian deaths.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1452/afghan_war_deaths.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7444 data-hint-location='32375' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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