The NATO-led command in Afghanistan said insurgent fighters were responsible for the scores of civilian casualties in the October -- more than 100 deaths and 200 injuries.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force, which has been staunchly criticized by the Afghans over the years for civilian casualties during the war, said the latest violence belies senior Taliban claims that the insurgents have protected civilians.
"The insurgency continues to exhibit the striking hypocrisy between their stated objective to protect civilian lives and their actions throughout Afghanistan," Rear Adm. Vic Beck, ISAF spokesman, said Tuesday.
"Their message simply does not match the reality that every day, insurgents are deliberately killing, injuring and intimidating Afghan civilians."
ISAF breaks down the incidents in four categories.
There were 150 examples of "indiscriminate violence," such as roadside bombs and small arms and indirect fire, and 75 examples of "anti-development" incidents, such as attacks on convoys, workers, and bombs set off near a truck and under a bridge.
There were 45 examples of the "imposition of extremist ideology." They include using a mosque as a firing point and deploying children as human shields. Other examples are assassinations in mosques, police kidnappings, bombings in and around schools, and school closings.
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