War Casualties’ Weekly Report (May 30-June 12, 2019)

(Issue: No. 4 and No. 5)

Introduction

QASED Strategic Research Center closely monitors the casualties of civilians and the involved parties due to war and security incidents on a weekly basis, and prepares this weekly report.

The casualties’ figures that happened due to the war in the last two weeks have been collected based on the confirmed information and reports from the Afghan government spokespersons, Taliban sources, witnesses in the area, and other reliable sources and information. The last two weeks’ report shows that more casualties to the armed opposition fighters have occurred in the face to face conflicts, and more casualties to the Afghan forces and civilians have occurred due to the blasts and face to face conflicts.

This report covers the casualties’ of security incidents in the country, which have been occurred during two weeks (May 30-June 12, 2019. Here below, there are the casualties’ exact figures and details of the Afghan government forces, Antigovernment Armed Militants and civilians in separate titles.

 

Casualties to the Afghan Forces

Over the past two weeks, the casualties reported for Afghan forces in face to face fighting and explosions. Six ANA soldiers were killed and 16 others were injured due to a blast near the entrance gate of the University of Marshall Mohammad Qasim Fahim in Kabul. On May 30, 4 soldiers were killed due to an attack of Taliban in Greshk district of Helmand province. On May 31, 10 policemen of special police division were killed and 11 others were injured in a clash between the Afghan forces and Taliban fighters in Balamorghab district of Badghis province. On June 1^st, five border police were killed and 7 others were injured due to an attack on security checkpoints in Lash Jowain area of Farah province. On June 2, 5 policemen were killed and 7 others were wounded due to a mine blast in Ghazni province. On June 5^th, 6^th and 7^th, 19 Afghan police were killed in Taliban attacks in Logar, Baghlan, Helmand and Kapisa provinces. On June 6, a senior commander of the Afghan forces was killed in a clash between Taliban and the Afghan forces in Ghor province. On June 7, 14 local police were killed and 7 others were wounded in a Taliban attack in Poshta-e-Noor village of Dawlatyar district of Ghor province. On June 8, 2 policemen have been killed and 6 injured in a Taliban attack in Patu district of Daikundi province. On June 9, seven police were killed and five others were wounded due to the Taliban attack on a security post in Haiderquli area of Farah province’s center. On 10 June, during a special operation of Afghan forces in Farah province, 1 soldier was killed and 2 others injured. On June 12, a government pilot was killed in an armed attack in Syedabad district of Maidan Wardak province. On June 12, a local police officer was killed in Taliban attack in the Salar area of Syedabad district of Maidan Wardak province. On June 11, 6 security soldiers were killed in a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban in Dai Chopan district of Zabul province.

Table-1: Afghan Forces Casualties

Name	Killed	Injured	Total Killed and Injured
Afghan National Army	7	16	23
Police	75	45	120
Total	82	61	143

 

Casualties of the Antigovernment Armed Militants

In the past two weeks, casualties occurred to the Anti-government Armed Fighters due to the face to face fighting, explosions and night raids. On May 30, 62 Taliban fighters were killed in clashes between the Afghan forces and Taliban in Chak district of Maidan Wardak province. On May 30, 13 Taliban fighters were killed due to air strikes in Helmand province. On May 31, three Taliban group leaders were killed and 12 others were injured in a clash between the Afghan forces and armed Taliban conflict in Ahmad Khel district of Paktia province. On May 31, 18 armed Taliban were killed in a clash between Afghan forces and armed Taliban in Balamorghab district of Badghis province. On June 3, three Taliban fighters were killed and three others were injured due to the clash between the Border Police and the Taliban in Lash-e-Jowain area of Farah province. On 9^th June, 9 Armed Taliban Killed In Ghazni Province due to the Special Operations of National Security Forces. On June 6, 29 armed Taliban were killed and 3 others were injured in Nahri Saraj, Nawzad and Marja districts of Helmand province. On 6^th June, 15 armed Taliban have been killed in the operation of Afghan forces in Maidan Wardak province. On June 7, 18 armed Taliban were killed and four others were injured in a special operation of the police in the Aperan village of Mohammad Agha district of Logar province. On June 9, two armed Taliban were killed due to an air strike in Aqsi area of the Khwaja Umari district and 4 killed during of Special Forces Operations in Haroon Khhel area of Qarabagh district of Ghazni province. On 9th June, 9 armed fighters, including of two armed commanders were killed in a drone attack in the Markikheil area of Shirzad district of Nangarhar province. Also on 10 June, 4 Taliban militants were killed and 3 others were injured in the Syedabad district of Maidan Wardak province. On the same day, 12 Taliban fighters were killed due to some operations in the Narkh district of this province. On 10 June, 16 armed Taliban were killed and 21 injured in a special operation of Afghan forces in Farah province. On June 10, 43 armed Taliban have been killed due to the special operations of Afghan forces in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province. On June 11, 53 armed Taliban were killed and 17 wounded in a clash between Afghan forces and armed Taliban in Dai Chopan district of Zabul province. On June 12, 15 armed Taliban were killed and 10 others injured during the Taliban attack in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province. On June 12, a Taliban commander was killed in the Namak Ab district of Takhar province. On June 12, two armed Taliban were killed and 8 injured in a special operation in Bagram district of Parwan province. Three Taliban fighters were killed due to an operation of Afghan forces in Tagab district of Kapisa province on 12^th June.

Table 2: Casualties of the Anti-government Militants

Name	Killed	Injured	Total Killed and Injured
Taliban	334	81	415
ISIS	–	–	–
Total	334	81	415

 

Civilian Casualties

Civilians have also been killed and injured in the past two weeks due to explosions, night rides and face-to-face armed conflicts. On 30^th of May, 1 civilian was killed and 4 others were injured due to a blast near the entrance to the Marshall Mohammad Qasim Fahim military university in Kabul. On May 31, four civilians were killed and 7 wounded alongside foreign forces due to a car bomb in the Qala Wazir area near to the 9^th security division in Kabul province. On June 2, a civilian was killed in very bad shape and two others were injured during joint forces’ night operation in the Koday village in Daimirdad district of Maidan Wardak province. On June 2, 1 person was killed and 17 others were injured due to a blast in the area belonging to fifth security division of Kabul city. On June 2, 4 civilians were injured due to the mine explosion in Ghazni province. On June 3, five persons were killed and 10 others injured due to a magnetic mine blast on the coaster type bus transporting the employees of Administrative Reform Commission in Darulaman area of Kabul province. On 4 June, two people were killed and 12 others were injured due to a blast in Nahreen district of Baghlan province. On June 5, four people have been killed due to the explosion of a placed mine in the Charkh district of Logar province. On June 5^th, 6^th and 7^th of June, 11 civilians were killed in Taliban attacks in Logar, Baghlan, Helmand and Kapisa provinces. On June 9, armed Taliban killed a student in the Qiyaq Dara area of Jaghatu district of Ghazni province. On 10 June, three civilians were killed due to a number of operations in the Narkh district of Maidan Wardak province. On 11 June, 6 members of a family, including of four children were killed due to a mine explosion in Dand district of Kandahar province. On June 12, a civilian was injured due to the operation of Afghan forces in Tagab district of Kapisa province.

Table 3: Civilian Casualties

Name	Killed	Injured	Total Killed and Injured
Civilians	39	57	96
Total	39	57	96

 

Casualties of Foreign Forces

Over the last two weeks, relatively heavy casualties occurred to foreign forces. On May 31, four foreign troops have been injured due to a car bomb near to the ninth district of Kabul city.

 

Conclusion

The last two week’s report shows that all over the country, a total of 658 people have been killed and injured from May 30-June 12, 2019, in which the most casualties have happened to the Antigovernment Armed Fighters (Table-4). The reason that the casualties’ toll of these two weeks is less than the past weeks, is that during the three days of Eidul Fetr security incidents were decreased. Nevertheless, in this period, heavy casualties have occurred to the civilians in armed conflicts, night raids and explosions; therefore, the involvement sides should pay attention to the life of civilians.

Table 4: Total casualties of war and security incidents

Name	Killed	Name	Wounded
Afghan Forces	82	Afghan Forces	61
Antigovernment Militants	334	Antigovernment Militants	81
Civilians	39	Civilians	57
Foreign Forces	–	Foreign Forces	4
Total	455	Total	203
Total Casualties           658

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