ສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ໄດ້ປະກາດໃນວັນອັງຄານວານນີ້ ເຖິງການພົບເຫັນຂັ້ນຕົ້ນຊຶ່ງໄດ້
ເນັ້ນໜັກໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ການໂຈມຕີທາງອາກາດຫວ່າງມໍ່ໆມານີ້ໂດຍກຳລັງສະໜັບສະໜູນ
ລັດຖະບານໃນອັຟການິສຖານ ໄດ້ສັງຫານພົນລະເຮືອນ ຢ່າງໜ້ອຍ 21 ຄົນ ເກືອບທັງໝົດແມ່ນພວກແມ່ຍິງ ແລະເດັກນ້ອຍ.
ພວກເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ທ້ອງຖິ່ນກ່າວວ່າ ໂຕເລກການເສຍຊີວິດຂອງພົນລະເຮືອນຫລ້າສຸດເກີດ
ຂຶ້ນຢູ່ແຂວງ ກາປີຊາ ແລະແມດານ ວາຣດັກ ໃນວັນເສົາ ແລະວັນອາທິດທີ່ຜ່ານມາຕິດ
ຕໍ່ກັນ ບ່ອນທີ່ກຳລັງອັຟການິສຖານ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍກຳລັງປະສົມທີ່ເປັນພາຄີ ໄດ້ປະຕິບັດ
ງານຕໍ່ຕ້ານພວກກໍ່ການຮ້າຍຕາລິບານ.
ການປະຕິບັດງານ ໃຫ້ຄວາມຊ່ວຍເຫລືອສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ໃນອັຟການິສຖານ ຫຼື
UNAMA ໃນຂະນະທີ່ແບ່ງປັນຂໍ້ມູນຂັ້ນຕົ້ນຂອງການດຳເນີນສືບສວນກ່ຽວກັບອຸບັດ
ເຫດທັງສອງໄດ້ໃຫ້ຂໍ້ສັງເກດໃນຄວາມເປັນຫ່ວງຢ່າງແຮງກ່ຽວກັບຈຳນວນພົນລະ
ເຮືອນທີ່ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດເພີ້ມຂຶ້ນ ແລະໄດ້ຮັບບາດເຈັບຈາກການໂຈມ ຕີທາງອາກາດ
ໃນປີນີ້.
ການ “ຖີ້ມລະເບີດທາງອາກາດ” ໄດ້ທຳລາຍບ້ານເຮືອນ ໃນເຂດ ແຈັກຮາໂຕ ມາດານ
ວາຣດັກ ໃນຕອນແລງວັນອາທິດທີ່ຜ່ານມາ ແລະໄດ້ສັງຫານພົນລະເຮືອນ 12 ຄົນ
ອີງຕາມອົງການ UNAMA.
ການປະຕິບັດງານໄດ້ໃຫ້ຂໍ້ສັງເກດວ່າ “ບັນດາຜູເຄາະຮ້າຍທັງໝົດ ແມ່ນພວກແມ່ຍິງ
ແລະເດັກນ້ອຍ ຈາກຄອບຄົວດຽວກັນ. ສິບຄົນຂອງພວກທີ່ຖືກສັງຫານແມ່ນເດັກນ້ອຍ
ອາຍຸຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າແຕ່ 6 ຫາ 15 ປີ. ແປດຄົນແມ່ນແມ່ຍິງ.”
ບັນດາເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ອັຟການິສຖານກ່າວວ່າ ການໂຈມຕີໄດ້ແນໃສ່ເປົ້າໝາຍການປະຕິ
ບັດງານໃສ່ພວກກໍ່ການຮ້າຍຕາລິບານ ແລະໄດ້ຊ່ວຍແປດຄົນໄວ້ໄດ້ ສ່ວນ ໃຫຍ່ເປັນ
ສະມາຊິກກຳລັງພິເສດ. ເຂົາເຈົ້າກ່າວເພີ້ມອີກວ່າການປະຕິບັດງານໄດ້ ສັງຫານພວກ
ກະບົດຫລາຍກວ່າ 40 ຄົນ.
ຢູ່ໃນອຸບັດເຫດຄັ້ງທີສອງທີ່ເມືອງກາປີຊາ ການປະຕິບັດງານທາງອາກາດໄດ້ທຳລາຍ
ເຮືອນຊານຂອງນາຍຄູຄົນນຶ່ງໃນເຂດຕາກັບ ແລະໄດ້ສັງຫານພົນລະເຮືອນເກົ້າຄົນ
ຮວມທັງເດັກນ້ອຍສີ່ຄົນ ແລະພວກແມ່ຍິງສີ່ຄົນ ທີ່ອົງການ UNAMA ໄດ້ກ່າວໄວ້ ໂດຍ
ໃຫ້ຂໍ້ສັງເກດຫລາຍຢ່າງ ຊຶ່ງເປັນລາຍງານທີ່ “ໜ້າເຊື່ອຖື.”
“ບັນດາຜູ້ເຄາະຮ້າຍທັງໝົດຈາກການໂຈມຕີ ໄດ້ມາຈາກຄອບຄົວດຽວກັນ ຮວມທັງພໍ່
ຕູ້ແມ່ຕູ້ ແລະພວກເດັກນ້ອຍອາຍຸລະຫວ່າງ 2 ແລະ 12 ປີ. ຫ້າຄົນຂອງຈຳນວນນີ້ີ້ ຫົກ
ຄົນແມ່ນສະມາຊິກຄອບຄົວອື່ນ ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບບາດເຈັບເວລາເຮືອນຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າໄດ້ຖືກ
ທຳລາຍ ແມ່ນພວກແມ່ຍິງ ແລະເດັກນ້ອຍ.” ການປະຕິບັດງານນີ້ ຍັງກ່າວເພີ້ມອີກວ່າ
ເຂົາເຈົ້າກຳລັງດຳເນີນການເກັບກຳເອົາຄວາມຈິງ.
The United Nations announced Tuesday its initial findings have indicated recent airstrikes by pro-government forces in Afghanistan killed at least 21 civilians, almost all of them women and children.
The latest Afghan civilian casualties occurred in Kapisa and Maidan Wardak provinces on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, where Afghan forces, together with coalition partners, were conducting counter-Taliban operations, local officials said.
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), while sharing initial details of its ongoing investigations into both the incidents, noted its strong concern with the rising number of civilian deaths and injuries from airstrikes this year.
The "aerial ordnance" destroyed a house in Jaghato district, Madan Wardak, late Sunday and killed 12 civilians, UNAMA said.
"All of the victims were women and children from the same family. … Ten of those killed were children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15. Eight were girls," the mission noted.
Afghan officials said the raid targeted a Taliban-run prison and rescued eight people, mostly members of the Special Forces. They added the operation killed more than 40 insurgents.
In the second incident in Kapisa, air operations destroyed the home of a teacher in Tagab district and killed nine civilians, including four children and three women, UNAMA said, citing multiple "credible" reports.
"All the victims from the attack were from the same family, including grandparents and children aged between 2 and 12. Five of the six other family members who were injured when their home was destroyed were women and young children," the mission said, adding it is still in the process of establishing facts.
A statement by the U.S. military Monday confirmed an airstrike in Kapisa, which wounded six members of local pro-government militias. However, it denied the attack caused "casualties of noncombatants."
UNAMA noted that it continues to work to verify whether Afghan or international military forces were responsible for the civilian casualties from recent strikes.
The U.N. mission reminded all parties to the conflict to uphold their obligations to protect civilians from harm, and called for ensuring independent and "effective" investigations into these incidents.
UNAMA has documented a 52 percent increase in civilian casualties from air operations by Afghan forces and their foreign partners in the first six months of 2018, with women and children accounting for more than half of the casualties.
The mission warned Tuesday that since the release of UNAMA’s midyear report on civilian casualties, it has continued to record increasing numbers of civilian casualties caused by airstrikes.
