The United Nations (UN) in a report named “Annual Children in Armed Conflict”, released on June 15, said the war in Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest conflict for children last year (2019), a status the country has held for five consecutive years, reports Tolo News on June 16. The UN report says that 874 children were killed by the war throughout 2019. It adds that these numbers were among the 3,410 young Afghans who suffered from “grave violations”, which included maiming, abduction, sexual abuse and attacks at schools and hospitals. The report finds Taliban to be responsible for causing over" 1,238 child deaths and injuries," the largest number attributed to any single group.