QASED Non-government Research Organization
(Issue No: 9)
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Preface
This report covers the casualties of security incidents in the country, which have been occurred during 4 – 11 July 2019.
The last week’s report shows that this week was also a bloody week of 2019; especially the deaths and injuries of the Afghan civilians were high compared to the past week. The worst bloody incident for Afghan forces was taken place in Kunduz, in which around 20 Afghan soldiers were killed. Meanwhile, another bloodiest incident of this week was taken place in Ghazni, which also caused heavy casualties to civilians along with Afghan forces.
Going forward through the report, details and exact figures of the casualties’ of the Afghan government forces, anti-government armed militants and civilians can be found in separate titles.
Afghan Forces’ Casualties
Last week, Afghan forces have been killed and wounded due to Taliban attacks, face-to-face battles and explosions:
July 4:
An ANA soldier was killed and three policemen were injured due to explosion of a roadside mine in Dawlatabad district of Balkh province.
July 5:
Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in Maiwand Bazaar of Maiwand district of Kandahar province, killing six policemen and injuring four others.
Taliban militants attacked a military base in Pashtun Zarghoon district of Herat province, killing nine soldiers and injuring three others.
Four policemen were killed and two others were injured in a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint in Farah city.
Six soldiers were killed and four policemen were injured in an attack of Taliban in Jowand district of Badghis province.
Taliban attacked a border checkpoint in Wazakhwa district of Paktika Province, killing 12 soldiers, including a policeman and 11 border police.
Due to explosion of a roadside mine in Behsud district of Jalalabad city, two employees of National Directorate of Security (NDS) were killed and 2 others were injured.
6 Policemen were killed in a Taliban attack in Ghorwan district of Herat province.
Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in Pulikhumri, the center of Baghlan province, killing four policemen and injuring seven others.
Four policemen were killed and two others were injured due to a Taliban attack in Farah province.
July 6:
A local policeman was killed and another one was injured due to Taliban attack in Ab-e-Kalan area of Sancharak district of Sari-pul province.
Nine local policemen were killed and 10 others were injured in a Taliban attack in the Karukh district of Herat province.
Two policemen have been killed and two others wounded due to a clash between armed Taliban and Afghan forces in Shbergha area of Khakrez district of Kandahar province.
10 policemen were killed and more than 20 others were injured in a Taliban attack in Maruf district of Kandahar province.
Taliban militants attacked a vehicle of Afghan Commando Forces in Pashtunkot district of Faryab province, killing two Afghan Commando members and injuring three others.
Two interior ministry officials, who had jobs in the prosecution section, were fired by unidentified gunmen in Kabul province in which one of them was killed and another was injured.
Two pro-government forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in Dawlatyar district of Ghor province.
July 7:
At least eight members of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) have been killed due to a bomb blast near to the 6th security zone of National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Shameer sahib area of Ghazni province.
A policeman was killed and 3 others were injured in a Taliban attack in the Baghlan Markazi district of Baghlan province.
A local policeman was killed and two others were injured in a Taliban attack in Charkent district of Balkh province.
Due to a Taliban attack in the center of Badghis province, one member of the Interior Ministry’s Public Protection forces has been killed.
Taliban fighters have killed three policemen, including a police commander in Pul-e-Alam city, of Logar province.
A policeman was killed and two others were injured in a Taliban attack in Panjwai district of Kandahar province.
July 8:
In the Kajran district of Daikundi province, two national policemen were killed and two others were injured due to a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban.
Two policemen were killed during a patrol in Andar district of Ghazni province.
A Taliban infiltrator opened fire on his colleagues, killing a policeman and injuring four others, in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.
Three policemen were killed and 7 others were injured when Taliban attacked the second security zone of Pulikhumri city of Baghlan province.
Two local policemen have been killed in a Taliban attack on a police station in Sancharak district of Sari-pul province.
July 9:
During a joint operation of Afghan forces, three security personnel have been killed in Puli Poda area of Pashtun Zarghoon district of Herat province.
20 border and national police have been killed and 15 others were wounded in an attack of Taliban in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.
Taliban militants attacked a military base in Tulak district of Ghor province, killing four soldiers and injuring 2 policemen.
In Shah Joy district of Zabul province, Taliban fighters attacked military bases, killing 13 policemen and injuring seven others.
A policeman was killed in a bomb blast in Khakrez district of Kandahar province.
A policeman has been killed and another injured due to a Taliban attack in Dawlatabad district of Balkh province.
Two policemen have been killed and three others were injured in a Taliban attack in Fizababad district of Jawzjan province.
July 10:
A local policeman has been killed in an ambush of Taliban in Dara-e-Suf district of Samangan province.
Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in Argo district of Badakhshan province, killing two policemen and injuring three others.
July 11:
Six border policemen have been killed due to a roadside mine blast in Marja district of Helmand province.
A policeman was killed and another injured in a roadside bomb blast on a motorbike in Shahri Safa district of Zabul province.
Table-1: Afghan Forces’ Casualties
| Name | Killed | Injured | Total Killed and Injured |
| ANA | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Police | 157 | 116 | 273 |
| Total | 160 | 119 | 279 |
Anti-government Militants’ Casualties
In the past week, the government opposition armed fighters have suffered deaths and injuries due to Afghan forces operations and the Afghan and Foreign forces airstrikes.
July 4:
17 Taliban fighters were killed and five others were injured in a clash between Afghan forces and armed Taliban in Moshki area of Qarabagh district, Ghazni province.
July 5:
Two Taliban fighters were killed and two others were injured due to a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in Farah province.
17 Taliban fighters were killed and 12 injured in a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in Maiwand Bazaar of Maiwand district, Kandahar province.
Two Taliban fighters were killed and more than 10 others were injured when the Taliban fighters attacked the Gozargah-e-Noor district of Baghlan province.
July 6:
Six armed militants were killed and 8 others injured in a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in Shergha area, Khakrez district of Kandahar province.
10 Taliban militants were killed and 15 others were injured during a clash in Karukh district of Herat province.
Three armed militants were killed in an airstrike in Jaghato, Khwaja Omari and Waghaz districts of Ghazni province.
Five Taliban fighters have been killed during a clash in Dawlatyar district of Ghor province.
July 8:
27 Taliban fighters have been killed due to clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in Kijran district of Daikundi province.
48 armed men were killed and 10 wounded due to clashes between Taliban and Afghan Forces in Pul-e-Alam, Baraki Barak and Khoshi areas of Logar province.
Ten armed men were killed and one wounded during the cleanup operation of Afghan forces in Nad Ali district of Helmand province.
Four Taliban fighters have been killed during the clash between Afghan forces and Taliban in Sancharak district of Saripul province.
July 9:
In Ghormach district of Faryab province, 18 armed men were killed due to a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces.
10 armed Taliban have been killed due to armed clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.
Due to cleanup operations of Afghan security forces, 10 armed Taliban were killed and 15 injured in the Puli Poda area in Pashtun Zarghoon district of Herat province.
Taliban militants attacked a military base in Tulak district of Ghor province, in which 15 Taliban militants were killed.
July 10:
Six Taliban fighters were killed and nine others were injured in a cleanup operation of Afghan Forces in Tala Wabarfak district of Baghlan province.
Four armed Taliban were killed and nine injured due to a cleanup operation of Afghan forces in Pulchiragh district of Faryab province.
July 11:
Seven Taliban fighters have been killed during an airstrike and ground operations of Afghan forces in Pashtun Zarghoon district of Herat province. On the same day, two Taliban fighters were killed due to airstrike of the Afghan Forces in Obai district of Herat province.
Table 2: Casualties of the anti-government militants
| Name | Killed | Injured | Total Killed and Injured |
| Taliban | 223 | 96 | 319 |
| Total | 223 | 96 | 319 |
Civilian Casualties
In addition to Afghan Forces and anti-government armed militants, Afghan civilians also suffered heavy casualties during the last week, details are in below:
July 4:
A civilian was killed and another was injured due to an attack of the Taliban in Dawlatyar district of Ghor province.
Two civilians were killed and three others were injured due to an airstrike in Pul-e-khumri city of Baghlan province, killed victims are women and injured victims are children.
July 5:
14 civilians were killed and 30 others injured including children due to a mortar shell fired by Taliban in the bazaar of Khwaja Sabzposh district of Faryab Province.
Two civilians were killed and 20 others were injured due to a bomb blast in Mohammadia Mosque in Khaki-Ghariban area of Ghazni city.
Four civilians were killed due to a roadside bomb blast in Behsud district of Jalalabad city.
A Shiite scholar in Kunduz city has been killed in an armed attack.
July 6:
A doctor was killed in an attack of unknown armed men in Ferozkoh city, the center of Ghor province.
July 7:
Six civilians, including a child, were killed and 180 others including 60 children wounded in a car bomb blast in the 6th security zone of Ghazni city.
July 8:
Four civilians were injured due to a bomb blast in Jalalabad city.
July 9:
In Maidan Wardak province, four employees of a health clinic were killed due to an airstrike of Afghan forces in Daimirdad district.
A doctor and 2 civilians have been killed due to an explosion in a health center in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province.
7 members of a family were killed due to an airstrike in Kotubkhiel area of Pulikhumri city, the center of Baghlan province.
July 10:
Two provincial judges have been killed in an attack of unknown militants in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province.
Due to a roadside bomb blast in Ferozkoh center of Ghor province, three civilians, a woman and two men, were killed.
July 11:
Three civilians were killed due to rockets attack in the Korak Mughal area of Saripul province.
Table 3: Civilian Casualties
| Name | Killed | Injured | Total Killed and Injured |
| Civilians | 57 | 234 | 291 |
| Total | 57 | 234 | 291 |
Conclusion
The last week’s report shows that all over the country, 889 people have been killed and injured from July 4 – 11, 2019. Worth mentioning that it was a bloody week for both sides of the conflict and civilians as well, same as the week before.
During the week, the casualty rate of Afghan forces has decreased compared to the week before it; however, the casualty’s rate of anti-government armed militants and civilians have increased. In the previous report, 293 Afghan soldiers were killed, which indicates a significant decrease in this report. The number of Taliban fighter’s casualties was 195 in the previous report, which shows a little increase in this report. However, in the previous report, the civilian casualties were 32 people while in this report the casualty’s rate doubled that 57 people were killed in this week.
Civilians were once again killed and injured due to airstrikes and night raids by the Afghan and foreign forces. Since the past few months, many civilians have been killed repeatedly by Afghan and foreign forces especially in night raids and airstrikes, but the Afghan government didn’t take any significant step to prevent the civilian casualties. Also, another reason for civilian casualties occurred was explosions by Taliban fighters.
Table 4: Total casualties of war and security incidents
| Name | Killed | Name | Wounded |
| Afghan Forces | 160 | Afghan Forces | 119 |
| Anti-government Militants | 223 | Anti-government Militants | 96 |
| Civilians | 57 | Civilians | 234 |
| Total | 440 | Total | 449 |
| Total Casualties 889 | |||
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