More civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2018 than any other year since the U.S. started fighting there in 2001.
The United Nations released a report that said there were 3,804 civilian deaths in 2018, an 11 percent increase from 2017.
Of those deaths, 927, or about 25 percent, were children up to age 17. It said 7,189 civilians were injured last year in the armed conflict.
The U.N. attributed 63 percent of the almost 11,000 casualties to anti-government forces, including a surge in Islamic State suicide bombings, and 24 percent to pro-government forces.
U.S. and Taliban negotiators gathered in Doha, Qatar over the weekend for another round of peace deal talks regarding the 17-year war.
Last month, the U.S. and the Taliban reached a framework deal that included the withdrawal of American forces in Afghanistan.
The document released this month from the United Nations Assistance Mission In Afghanistan is the 10th annual report. In the years since it began the report in 2009, there have been more than 32,000 civilians killed and around 60,000 injured.
