Afghan Violence Remained High as U.S. Started Withdrawing Troops
- Watchdog report cites increase in Taliban attacks last quarter
- Taliban, Afghan leaders have since called for short truce
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Attacks against Afghanistan’s security forces and civilian casualties remained high in the last quarter despite a U.S.-forged peace agreement with the Taliban meant to bring an end to America’s longest war.
Violence in Afghanistan remained above average for most of the three months ending June 30, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or Sigar, said in a report published late Thursday. It cited Afghanistan’s National Security Council, which said that during a one-week period in June there were 422 Taliban attacks in 32 provinces killing 291 Afghan security personnel and wounding 550 others.