At least 53 pro-government forces and 37 civilians have been killed in October so far.
The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan from the past seven days. It is necessarily incomplete as many local officials refuse to confirm casualty information. The report includes government claims of insurgent casualty figures, but in most cases these cannot be independently verified by The Times. Similarly, the reports do not include Taliban claims for their attacks on the government unless they can be verified. Both sides routinely inflate casualty totals for their opponents. At least 53 pro-government forces and 37 civilians were killed over the past week, as representatives from the Afghan government and the Taliban met in Doha to negotiate a framework for peace. The deadliest attack took place in Nangarhar Province, where a truck bomb targeted the district governor’s office in Ghanikhel District, killing 13 civilians and one police officer. An additional 42 people, including 39 civilians and three police officers, were wounded in the explosion, for which no one has claimed responsibility. Later in the week, in eastern Laghman Province, the Taliban carried out a car bomb on the convoy of the governor of Laghman, killing four security forces and four civilians. Two security forces and 28 civilians were also wounded. [Read the Afghan War Casualty Report from previous weeks.] Oct.8 Jowzjan Province: two security forces killed Two pro-government militia members were killed by Taliban marksmen in the Jabbar-e-Shahid village of Aqcha District. Oct.8 Ghor Province: one police officer killed A police officer was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle in the village of Kandiwal in Firoz Koh, the provincial capital. Oct.8 Nimroz Province: two police officers killed A Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Khashrud District, killing two police officers and wounding six members of the National Directorate of Security. Oct.8 Kunduz Province: seven security forces killed The Taliban attacked security forces in the Rawza area of Imam Sahib District, killing four pro-government militia members, two police officers and one soldier. An additional eight security forces were wounded and 15 others were taken prisoner, while the Taliban seized weapons and military equipment, including two Humvees. Oct.7 Baghlan Province: one police officer killed In a hospital in Kabul, Col. Mohammad Wara Andarbi, the deputy police chief of Baghlan Province, died of wounds sustained in a battle with the Taliban last week. Oct.7 Ghor Province: one police officer killed One police officer was killed and another was wounded during a military operation in Firoz Koh. Local authorities claimed that 24 Taliban members were killed and 14 others were wounded.
