KABUL, June 2 (Xinhua) -- At least 183 Afghan civilians were killed and 337 injured in clashes and terrorist attacks in May, a monitor group reported Saturday.
"Over 500 civilians were killed and injured in May in 23 of 34 provinces of Afghanistan, demonstrating that parties to the conflict had shown no attention to control civilian casualties," independent Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) said in a press release.
The group said the "common people suffered casualties in May which also comprised half of Ramadan or fasting month, armed groups inflict harm to civilians through suicide attacks, roadside blasts, targeted attacks, mortar shells and security forces inflicted casualties to civilians in night raid operations and the Taliban harmed common people in face to face fighting."
Most of the recorded casualties happened in eastern Nangarhar province as 26 people were martyred and 136 others injured, it said.
The number of casualties has been high in southern Kandahar and eastern Khost provinces as well.
CPAG demanded Taliban and the government to pay attention to the safety of civilians and asked the militants to stop their fighters from attacks and operation in the areas where civilian population lives.
In April, 188 civilians lost their lives and more than 300 injured as a result of terrorist attacks and clashes across the country, according to figures of CPAG.
