The number of civilians killed and wounded in Afghanistan’s war rose 14 percent last year, the UN said Saturday, with deaths almost reaching the record of 2011.

The number of civilians killed and wounded in Afghanistan's war rose 14 percent last year, the UN said Saturday, with deaths almost reaching the record of 2011.

A total of 8,615 civilian casualties were recorded in 2013 -- 2,959 killed and 5,656 wounded -- up 14 percent from 2012, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its annual report.