阿富汗内部非常动荡的安全局势，特别是塔利班持续发动的大型攻势，导致很多行政区中心局势不稳，这种情况仍令人不安。联合国阿富汗援助团提交的保护平民情况年中报告记录了1月至6月发生的5 166起平民伤亡事件，清楚地凸显了局势的严峻性。该数字是2009年以来年中报告所记录的最高平民伤亡数字。关于这一高得令人无法接受的数字，我们对儿童伤亡数字剧增深感关切。有388名儿童死亡，1 000多名儿童受伤，较2015年同期增加了18%。
The highly volatile security situation within Afghanistan, particularly the persistence of high-level Taliban offensive operations, causing the destabilization of many district centres, continues to be troubling. The midyear protection of civilians report submitted by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, which recorded 5,166 civilian casualties between January and June, clearly underscores the gravity of the situation. That figure marked the highest number of civilian casualties recorded by midyear reports since 2009. With respect to that unacceptably high figure, we are highly concerned at the significant increase in the casualty figures for children, which recorded 388 killed and more than 1,000 injured, marking an incrase of 18 per cent from the previous cycle in 2015.