L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
23 November 2016A suicide bomber blew himself up during a well attended Shia ceremony at the Baqir ul-Uloom mosque in the Darulaman area of Kabul.
30 September 2016More than 2.6 million Afghan refugees to be repatriated back to Afghanistan by the end of 2016
5 September 2016On Monday 5 September 2016, three bombings occurred killing 24 people and wounding over 90 more civilians.
23 July 2016On Saturday, 23 July 2016, a suicide bomb was detonated in Kabul, Afghanistan leaving 80 dead and 231 wounded.
7 October 2016The recent civilian losses in two Afghani provinces of Helmand and Baghdis reveal how the country’s security situation remains weak.
8 October 20166 persons were killed and tens others wounded by a blast in a crowded marketplace in northern Afghanistan.
13 July 2016 Over half of asylum applications in the European Union are from Afghan minors.
28 June 2016 Emergency Hospital in Afghanistan treats any person wounded in war.
19 April 2016Taliban suicide bomb and gun assault on a government security building in Kabul kills 64 and injures over 300 others.
31 May 2016During a seizure of 3 buses in Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents, at least 9 passengers were killed and more than a dozen were kidnapped.
14 February 2016Civilian casualties hit a new high in 2015, according to the UN 2015 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
4 December 2015The Afghan government issued an attack against a village in the province of Wardak.
September 2015The conflict in Kunduz has displaced over 100,000 residents fleeing massive destruction, public executions, and sexual violence.
16 September 2015 As refugees pour into Europe Afghan civilians have been forgotten in the midst of an economic downturn and record breaking unemployment rates.