Mes: septiembre 2019

(CBS News) KABUL – Civilian casualties caused by the conflict in Afghanistan dropped 15 percent during the first six months of this year, according to a United Nations report, though the international body described these gains as a “hollow trend” and said the conflict in the country continued to take “an unacceptable toll on Afghan men and women.” “The United Nations welcomes the reduction in civilian casualties, but we must remember that Afghan children, women and men continue to be killed and injured at alarmingly high levels,” said Nicholas Haysom, deputy U.N. special representative of the secretary-general in Afghanistan. “I call on all parties to increase their efforts to protect civilians from harm and to respect the sanctity of human life.” More in Afghanistan: The way forward According to the report, there were 3,099 civilian casualties, including 1,145 deaths, during the first six months of 2012. Thirty percent of those killed or wounded were women and children. Official: 3 U.S. troops killed in AfghanistanTruck bomb injures U.S. soldiers at Afghan base The U.N. also warned that despite signs of improvement earlier in the year, civilian casualty figures have started to rise again in recent weeks. On Tuesday, nine Afghan civilians were killed when a remote-controlled roadside bomb hit a minibus. According to the U.N. report, 80 percent of the civilian casualties documented were caused by “anti-government elements,” killing almost...

(CBS/AP) – Jennifer Lopez says she still believes in love despite her split from her husband of seven years, Marc Anthony. In her first interview since announcing her divorce last month, the singer and actress tells Vanity Fair magazine that she is an “eternal optimist” and describes love as her “biggest dream.” Pictures: Celebrity splitsPictures: Jennifer Lopez “Sometimes it doesn’t work–and that’s sad. But I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love,” she says. “It’s still my biggest dream. I am positive — determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.” The 42-year-old, 토토 검증 사이트 who has had a string of high-profile relationships, says she’s learned to walk away from something when it isn’t right. “Sometimes we don’t realize that we are compromising ourselves,” Lopez says. “To understand that a person is not good for you, or that that person is not treating you in the right way, or that he is not doing the right thing for himself — if I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me.” “I love myself enough to walk away from that now,” she adds. One thing Lopez says she and Anthony do right is work together, saying “together we make magic.” The couple has two children, 3-year-old twins Max and...