Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- The Taliban on Thursday rejected a United Nations report that blamed it and other insurgent groups for 76 percent of all civilian casualties in Afghanistan . Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the report , released Tuesday , was part of a Pentagon decision to create a propaganda campaign against the Taliban , accusing the group of attacks on civilians . He said the campaign is aimed at turning the people against the Taliban , and he said the Taliban reject that . The United Nations representative in Afghanistan , he said , should stop this propaganda and any actions aimed at destroying the Taliban , and accept the reality on the ground . The U.N. report said the human cost of the Afghan conflict is escalating , with killings and attacks on children by the Taliban and other insurgent groups soaring . Afghan children and women are increasingly bearing the brunt of the conflict , being killed and wounded in their homes and communities in greater numbers than ever , said Staffan de Mistura , special representative of the U.N. secretary-general . In the first six months of this year , 55 percent more children were killed or wounded by the Taliban and other anti-government groups than in the same period in 2009 . The number of women killed or wounded by the Taliban and other insurgents increased by six percent . From January 1 to June 30 , 2010 , the UNAMA Human Rights Unit documented a total of 3,268 civilian casualties , including 1,271 deaths and 1,997 injuries . Anti-government forces were responsible for 2,477 casualties . That is 76 percent of all casualties , up 53 percent from 2009 . Pro-government forces , including the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) and Afghan security forces , were responsible for 386 civilian casualties , 12 percent of all casualties , down from 30 percent in 2009 , the report said .
The Taliban ' s U.N. report this week on Afghan casualties . The report blamed insurgents for 76 percent of civilian deaths . A Taliban spokesman calls it Pentagon propaganda . The U.N. report said the human cost of the conflict is escalating .