Attacks on aid workers worldwide hit worst levels on record


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2014

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of attacks on aid workers soared last year to the highest level on record, with Afghanistan the most dangerous country to be a humanitarian, a report on Tuesday said.

In all, 155 aid workers were killed, 171 wounded and 134 kidnapped in 2013 – a rise of 66 percent compared with 2012, according to the Humanitarian Outcomes report, published on World Humanitarian Day.

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