At least 11,000 civilians were killed and wounded in Afghanistan during the 1397 solar year which coincides with March 2018 to March 2019, according to statistics by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), reports Tolo News on April 24. The figures show a 19 percent increase in civilian fatalities compared to a year before, the AIHRC Chairperson Sima Samar said at a press conference on April 23. She said that although the number of civilian deaths saw some decrease during last year but added that the number of those sustained injuries during this period has sharply increased. The Taliban and Islamic State (IS) militants were blamed for most of the casualties. According to the AIHRC report, from the total number of 11,000 casualties, 3,032 people were killed while the remaining 8180 others were wounded. The report also states that casualties among the Afghan women were also increased during this period by 16 percent. The report says that the Taliban was responsible for 53 percent of the casualties, IS was responsible for 12 percent while the Afghan Security Forces and their foreign counterparts were blamed for 11.5 percent of the fatalities.