Danielle Bell (2nd L), director of human rights of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, and Tadamichi Yamamoto (2nd R), the UN secretary-general's special representative for Afghanistan, attend a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2017. The United Nations has called upon warring sides in Afghanistan to halt the killing and maiming of civilians as a total of 3,498 civilians were killed in violence across the country in 2016. (Xinhua/Rahmine)