In a report released on February 14, the UN said civilian casualties rose by 4 percent over 2014 and that 3,545 civilians were killed.
Furthermore, 25% of all civilian casualties were children, while 10% were women.
The report says that fighting and terrorist attacks in urban areas were the “main causes” of the increased civilian casualties.
“The harm done to civilians is totally unacceptable,” wrote Nicholas Haysom, the UN’s special representative on Afghanistan, in the report.