Afghanistan deaths highest since invasion; 5,000-plus killed this year -- vast majority of them militantsJason StraziusoRahim Faiez
terror deaths fell by 519 in Afghanistan in 2023, an 81-percent improvement. This was the first year since 2019 that Afghanistan has not been the country most impacted by terrorism.
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Estimates for maternity and child mortality vary widely, but estimates from 2011 indicated between 327 and 460 deaths per year. 100,000 births. In 2005, the corresponding figure was 710 deaths. In 2011, it was further estimated that 149 children out of 1,000 die before the age of five. ...
Death rate: 12.57 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)Definition: This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, ...
As the war unfolded, the number of civilian deaths increased as a result of coalition military operations. In 2009, the UN mission in Afghanistan recorded the highest number of civilian casualties since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
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According to the report, 36,618 people were infected with the disease during the current year, and 160 deaths have been registered, out of which 81.1 percent of suspected cases of measles were children below the age of five, and 45 percent of them were women. ...
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: <.1% (2020 est.)Definition: This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total ...
The US casualties in Kabul are the country's first deaths in action in Afghanistan in 18 months, despite a promise from Mr Biden that withdrawing was intended to save American lives.