Our responsibility for the civilian casualties and the human costs of the war."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

and NATO forces relate to the Afghan people, who are distrustful of repeated incidents of civilian casualties during military operations.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

B'Tselem's director, Jessica Montell, tells VOA her group's figures suggest the army has underreported the number of civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

But while the military releases daily updates for soldier and Taliban casualties, it has not released such figures for civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Still,Morrell says while the investigation faults the bomber's crew for violating procedures, there is no proof that resulted in civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

But he said the number of civilian casualties was "greatly outnumbered" by the number of Taliban fighters killed in the incident.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Eyewitnesses say that Saturday's bomb attack struck a local market and that the casualties include many women and children.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

With U.S.casualties in Afghanistan on the increase, the president is considering requests from his military commanders for more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The Obama administration is considering an increase in troop levels to counter increased military casualties from improvised explosive devices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The U.S.commander made the prevention of civilian casualties and protection of Afghans the centerpiece of his new military strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Officials initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

Secretary Gates notes that the current and former Afghanistan commanders have both limited offensive air strikes in order to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Secretary Gates has indicated that casualties weigh heavily on him, along with the strategic importance of these decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

District Police Officer Iqbal Marwat says nearby civilians were wounded, but most of the casualties were police officers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

American casualties have jumped from fewer than 40 per month until June of this year, to 70 or more every month since then.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

But they say an investigation into civilian casualties is under way with the help of Afghan authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Two previous military offensives in Swat failed largely because civilian casualties eroded local support for military intervention.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Taliban insurgents have frequently been firing such projectiles into the city but casualties have been rare.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Mullen also said he was impressed by how quickly the new directive on avoiding civilian casualties has been adopted by U.S.troops at all levels.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

"I am sure that we have all been affected by events in Afghanistan and saddened by the casualties suffered by our forces serving there,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Morrell acknowledges the troop deployment decision is particularly difficult because of the sharp increase in casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"Wearing the suit, and being quick on your feet, and helping the people, and reassuring casualties, if they're conscious, and lifting and moving them."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Although he is a U.S.ally, Mr.Karzai has made civilian casualties from U.S.air strikes a campaign issue.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03