Kabul, March 6 -- Women and children have suffered the largest share of civilian casualties in Afghanistan after recent cross-border strikes and clashes involving Pakistan, according to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

The UN body said that from late evening on February 26 to March 5, it verified and recorded 185 civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to indirect fire and aerial attacks linked to cross-border armed clashes with Pakistan.

The casualties included 56 civilians killed and 129 others injured.

According to the report, the majority of the victims were women and children. "The majority (55 per cent) of the recorded civilian casualties in this period were women and children," UNAMA s...