The United Nations said Tuesday it has documented a significant level of civilians killed and wounded in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover despite a stark reduction in casualties compared to previous years of war and insurgency.
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Pakistan has played on both sides of the field in Afghanistan, contributing to the Taliban s success, a senior US senator has reminded his colleagues, a day after Washington announced plans to withdraw all troops from the war-torn Asian country by September 11. Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Jack Reed, on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, said a crucial factor contributing immensely to the Taliban s success has been the inability of the US to eliminate the sanctuary the Taliban was granted in Pakistan. Referring to a recent study, Reed said the Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan and state support from organisations, like Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), have been essential to their war effort and the US failure to undermine this safe haven may be Washington s most significant mistake of the war.