Violent attacks in Afghanistan's war jumps to record levels in the last quarter of 2019, a US government watchdog says
Security personnel near Bagram Air Base In Parwan province of Kabul, Afghanistan on December 11, 2019.
According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction , "enemy-initiated attacks" rose sharply last year, with the fourth quarter seeing a total of 8,204 attacks, up from 6,974 in the same period in 2018. "A turbulent last six months resulted in increases in overall enemy attacks and effective attacks in 2019 compared with the already high levels reported in 2018," SIGAR said in its quarterly report to the US Congress.
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