UN Says Taliban Cause Rise in Civilian Deaths

A good read from the AP that doesn’t for once blame unmanned drones for all the death and carnage in Afghanistan.

I found this part most interesting:

A survey released this week found that 42 percent of the 1,534 Afghan respondents now blame the violence on the Taliban — up from 27 percent a year ago. Seventeen percent blame the U.S., NATO or the Afghan security forces, down from 36 percent a year ago. But 66 percent said airstrikes by the U.S. and international forces were unacceptable because they endangered too many innocent civilians, even though they might help defeat militants.