Most civilian casualties were caused by suicide attacks and the indiscriminate use of improvised explosive devices as anti-Government elements continued to carry out attacks in a manner that failed to discriminate between civilian and military targets, or to take adequate precautions to prevent civilian casualties.
La plupart des victimes civiles étaient causées par les attentats suicides et le recours aveugle aux engins explosifs improvisés, ces éléments ayant continué de lancer des attaques sans distinguer entre cibles civiles et militaires ni prendre suffisamment de précautions pour éviter de faire des victimes civiles.