Number of Women, Children Killed in Afghanistan Sharply Rises in 2015

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 05: Danielle Bell, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, Human Rights Director, shows a copy of the United Nations casualty report during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Augu 5, 2015. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a report that number of women who became causalities of the conflict in Afghanistan increased by 23 percent in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period last year, while the number of child casualties saw a 13-percent rise. (Photo by Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)