At least 89 civilians were killed in Taliban attacks over the past two weeks in Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday.
Javid Faisal, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said that 150 more civilians were wounded by the militants during the period.
He said that the casualties happened in 29 of 34 provinces of the country. Kabul and Kandahar saw higher casualties than the other provinces.
The Taliban and Afghan security forces observed a three-day Eid ceasefire last month and have generally reduced violence across Afghanistan since then in an attempt to set the stage for peace talks.
“While the Government has continued to advance the cause of peace, the Taliban continued their campaign of violence against the Afghan people during Eid and the weeks after that,” Faisal said.
Earlier this week, President Ashraf Ghani told the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and the US Institute for Peace that there has been reduction of violence, “but the casualty figures still average around 60-70 a day. The number of fatalities unfortunately are averaging 30.”
