War Casualties’ Weekly Report (June 13-19, 2019)

(Issue: No. 6)

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.

The casualties’ figures that happened due to the war in the last week 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 week’s report shows that more casualties to the armed opposition fighters have occurred in face-to-face conflicts, and more casualties to the Afghan forces and civilians have occurred due to blasts and face-to-face conflicts.

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

 

Afghan Forces’ Casualties

Last week, dozens of Afghan forces were killed due to armed conflicts and air strikes. On 13th of June, four local police were killed and three others were injured due to a suicide attack on the local police commander of Chaparhar district, in the Khaalis Families area of the 6^th district of Jalalabad city. On June 13th, four Afghan soldiers were killed and six others wounded in the result of an armed clash between Afghan forces and Taliban fighters in Takhar province. Also in the wake of the Taliban attack, eight police of a security post were killed and seven others were wounded in Zabul province. On June 13, at least six Afghan soldiers were killed and eight wounded due to the foreign forces air strike in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province. On the same day, a policeman was killed in a Taliban attack in Herat province. On June 13, three Afghan soldiers were killed due to a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban fighters in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province. On June 18, security commander was killed and his three guards were injured due to a clash between the security guards and Taliban fighters in Barmal district of Paktika province.

Table-1: Afghan Forces Casualties

Name	Killed	Injured	Total Killed and Injured
Police	27	27	54
Total	27	27	54

 

Anti-government Militants’ Casualties

In the past week, the government opposition armed fighters have suffered a lot of casualties due to face-to-face fighting and explosions. On June 13, twenty Taliban fighters were killed and ten others were wounded due to an attack in Ginabad village in the Obai district of Herat province. On June 13, five armed fighters were killed and two others were injured in an operation of Afghan forces in Doshi district of Baghlan province. On June 13, nineteen armed militants were killed and twelve others were wounded due to a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province. On June 16, three Taliban fighters were killed in three air attacks in Andar district of Ghazni province. On the same day, seven Taliban militants have been killed due to air strikes in Sangin and Nahri Saraj districts of Helmand province. On June 16, eight Taliban fighters were killed and 12 others were injured during an operation in Ashkamash district of Takhar province. On June 16, ten armed militants were killed and three others were wounded due to a clash between Afghan forces and armed Taliban in the areas related to the Mianeshin and Shahwalikot districts of Kandahar province. On June 17, seven Taliban were killed and two others were injured during an armed clash in Garzowan area of Faryab province. On June 17, six armed militants were killed in police operations, in Kandahar province. On June 17, nineteen Taliban fighters were killed and thirteen others were injured due to air strikes in Tanawicha area of Shahwalikot districts in Kandahar province. On June 16, three armed militants were killed and three others were injured due to a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban in Sheikh Abad area of Farah province. On June 17, thirteen armed men were killed due to an operation of Afghan forces in the Mohmand area of Logar province. On June 18, fifteen Taliban fighters were killed and ten others were injured due to a clash in Dawlatyar district of Ghor province. On June 18, three armed men were killed and one injured during an armed clash in the Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province. Also, three armed fighters were killed and seven others were injured in the Pushtrod district of Farah province. Three armed men were killed and two others were injured due to a fighting clash in Pashton Zarghon and Obai districts of Herat province. Two armed fighters were killed in Dehyak district of Ghazni province. On June 18, three armed men were killed due to a clash between police commander’s guard and Taliban fighters in Barmal district of Paktika province. On June 19, eighteen armed persons were killed and twenty-four others were injured during a series of group attacks in Shuhada, Tagab, Kishm, Yaftal, and Baharak districts in Badakhshan province. Fifteen people were killed and thirteen others were injured in Ahangeran,Shutor Khan and Amrutak areas of Ghor province. On June 19, fourteen armed men were killed in Kotwal and Naichin areas of Uruzgan province. On June 19, three fighters were killed and 3 injured due to a clash and airstrikes in Darreh and Nijrab district of Kapisa province. On the same day, an armed fighter was killed and three others were injured in Dawlatabad district of Balkh province.

Table 2: Casualties of the Anti-government Militants

Name	Killed	Injured	Total Killed and Injured
Taliban	203	120	323
Total	303	120	323

 

Civilian Casualties

On 13th of June, five civilians were killed and nine others were wounded due to a suicide attack on a local police commander of Chaparhar district in Khalis Families area related to sixth district of Jalalabad city. On 13th of June, two civilians were killed due to an armed clash in Herat province. On the same day, three civilians were killed in Ghoryan district of Herat province. On 14th of June, six civilians were killed due to aerial attack on the roadside, 200 meter near to an ANA base in the Bala Bolok district of Farah province. On the same day, five civilians were killed due to a drone strike in Musa Zoo area in Shahjoi district of Zabul province. On June 15, a tribal elder was killed and two others were injured due to explosion of a magnetic bomb in Chamkani district of Paktia Province. On 16 June, six civilians including four men and two women have been killed due to an air strike in Zormat district, Paktia province. On 17th of June, two civilians were killed and fifteen others were injured in Khwaja Sabzposh area of Faryab province.

Table 3: Civilian Casualties

Name	Killed	Injured	Total Killed and Injured
Civilians	30	26	56
Total	30	26	56

 

Conclusion

The last week’s report shows that all over the country, 433 people have been killed and injured from June 13-19, 2019, in which most casualties have happened to the Anti-government Armed Fighters. In this week, unfortunately, most of the deaths and injuries have occurred to the Afghan forces and civilians in foreign troops’ air strikes, and it is the problem that has repeatedly occurred during the past 18 years. Unfortunately, the Afghan government, especially the national unity government, hasn’t taken any significant step for its prevention, even the Afghan government was always silent about it.

Table 4: Total casualties of war and security incidents

Name	Killed	Name	Wounded
Afghan Forces	27	Afghan Forces	27
Antigovernment Militants	203	Antigovernment Militants	120
Civilians	30	Civilians	26
Total	260	Total	173
Total Casualties          433

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