(English) In Afghan a shameful rise of child deaths and injuries

More Afghan children were killed or injured in the first half of this year than in any six-month period since 2009.

A total of 1,601 civilians deaths were recorded among all ages between January and June, of which 388 were children.

In the latest attack, 80 people died in a huge bomb blast in Kabul on Saturday.

Militants from the so-called Islamic State group said they had carried out the attack, which targeted a march by members of the Hazara minority, a Shia Muslim people reviled by IS.

63,934 civilians killed or injured by violence since January 2009, including 22,941 death

1,601 civilians killed between January and June this year, of which 388 were children and 130 women

3,565 civilians injured in the same period, including 1,121 children and 377 women

157,987 Afghans newly displaced so far in 2016, up 10% on this time last year – an estimated 1.2m Afghans are now internally displaced