The mid-year report found that air strikes carried out by the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were the leading the cause of civilian deaths by pro-government forces, so far killing 79 civilians in 2011, up 14%. Apache attack helicopters played a much more prominent role.
A third of civilian deaths attributed to air strikes in 2010 were caused by those aircraft, while in the first half of 2011 they were responsible for 56% of air strike deaths.
The UN also warned the full picture could be even worse, as the report did not include data from the northern region of Afghanistan between March and June.
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