Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties 'On The Rise' -- BBC
More than 1,000 Afghan civilians were killed in armed violence and security incidents in the first six months of 2010, a new Afghan study says.
Afghanistan Rights Monitor says 1,074 civilians were killed between January and June - a slight increase compared with the same period in 2009.
However, the number of people killed in Nato air strikes in the same period has halved, the report says.
Changes to rules of engagement helped reduce that figure, the report says.
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