Afghan Civilians Mark Grim Milestone: Deadliest Month

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KABUL, Afghanistan - May was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since the United Nations started tracking deaths in 2007, according to a report released Saturday. The carnage continued, with bombs killing 21 people nationwide - including a family on a religious pilgrimage and a child lured by a suicide attacker pushing an ice cream cart.

Violence has been on the rise as the Taliban and other insurgents try to regain territory lost in the fall and winter to the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan. The insurgents have stepped up suicide attacks and bombings that are more likely to affect civilians.

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Afghan Civilians Mark Grim Milestone: Deadliest Month

Fighting always picks up in the spring after the opium poppy crop is harvested in the south and the snow melts elsewhere in the mountainous country, allowing insurgents to move more freely. But attacks have i...

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