UN: Monthly Afghan casualties highest since 2017

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says July saw the highest number of civilian casualties in a single month for more than two years.
Its preliminary findings released Saturday indicate more than 1,500 civilians were killed or wounded, mainly due to a spike in casualties from insurgent attacks. It did not provide a breakdown of deaths and injuries, but said the overall number was the highest for a single month since May 2017.
It says more than 50% of casualties were