United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Wednesday that 2,777 civilians had been killed in Afghanistan in 2010.

"In Afghanistan 2,777 civilians had been killed in 2010 which indicates 15 percent increase compared with 2009," a report released by UNAMA here said.

A total of 2,080 or 75 percent of the death toll had been killed by anti-government elements, 440 by pro-government forces and 257 others by unknown people, according to the report.

The report also said that 55 percent of all the fatalities had been inflicted by suicide bomb attacks and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts.