Some 2,640 civilians killed in Afghanistan in first 9 months of 2017: UN

A man walks with prosthesis at the Orthopedic Center of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2017. Some 2,640 civilians were killed and 5,379 injured in Afghanistan in the first nine months of this year largely as a result of ground engagements, released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on its website. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)