The Combined Joint Task Force, in its monthly assessment of civilian casualties from the US coalition's operations against the militant group, said it was still assessing 42 reports of civilian deaths. It added that 45 civilians were killed between November 2016 and March 2017. It reported 80 civilian deaths from August 2014 to the present that had not previously been announced. Monitoring group Airwars said more than 3,000 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes. Included in Sunday's tally were 14 civilians killed by a strike in March that set off a secondary explosion, as well as 10 civilians who were killed in a strike on Islamic State headquarters the same month.

Source: bd News24 April 30, 2017 17:26 UTC