QASED Non-government Research Organization
(Issue No: 13)
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Preface
This report covers the casualties of the ongoing war, which have been occurred in different areas of the county during July 2 – 8 August 2019.
The report shows that the casualties of both sides and civilians decreased slightly compared to the previous week, however, there have been widespread casualties this week.
The bloodiest incident happened in Kabul city on August 7, in which at least 18 people, including four soldiers, were killed and 145 people, including 53 soldiers, were wounded.
Unlike the previous weeks, civilian casualties in many parts of the country have gone up due to magnetic bomb blasts and other kinds of explosions, and civilian casualties due to airstrikes and night raids have decreased this week.
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
August 2:
Seven local policemen were killed and another injured in Taliban attacks on security checkpoints in Qadis district of Badghis province.
Four police officers and one ANA soldier were killed and two ANA soldiers were injured in a gunfight when a military outpost was seized by Taliban militants in a bazaar of Mangjik district of Jawzjan province.
A policeman was killed in a Taliban attack in Faizabad area of Jawzjan province on the Jawzjan-Sar-e-Pul highway.
Taliban militants attacked a security outpost in the center of Daikundi province, killing 10 policemen. Also, 15 policemen were injured in an attack in Patu district of the province.
August 3:
A police officer has been shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in the PD6 of Kandahar city.
District governor and three policemen were killed and five policemen were injured due to roadside bomb blast in Zindajan district of Herat province.
In the center of Ghor province, Taliban fighters seized a security outpost of Afghan forces, killing seven Afghan soldiers and injuring eight others.
Taliban militants attacked a military base in Charbolak district of Balkh province, killing one ANA soldier.
Four local policemen were killed and two others injured in a Taliban attack on a security outpost in Kunduz city, Kunduz province.
August 4:
Three Afghan soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint in Chah-Aab district of Takhar province.
Two Taliban infiltrators turned their guns on their colleagues, killing seven policemen in Tor-Kotal area of Shahwalikot district of Kandahar province.
Four policemen and two commandos were killed and five policemen were injured in a Taliban attack on the Belcheragh district center in Faryab province.
Two local policemen were killed and one was injured in an armed clash between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Karkinkhola area of Ahmad-Khel district of Paktia province.
Taliban militants attacked a security outpost in Khanqah district of Jawzjan province, killing 11 policemen and wounding 5 others.
August 5:
A female police officer was killed in Taliban attack on the way between Dawlatabad district and Mazar-e-Sharif city in Balkh province.
A local policeman was killed in a Taliban attack in Qala-e-Zal area of Pashtunkot district of Faryab province.
A policeman was killed and three others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province.
August 6:
Eight policemen were killed in a Taliban attack on the center of Charchino district of Uruzgan province.
In the center of Khost province, a magnetic bomb exploded on a private car near the PD1, killing one border policeman and injuring two others.
Explosives placed in a bicycle were exploded near to a vehicle belonging to the Ministry of Counter-Narcotics, in Khair Khana area of Kabul city, killing five policemen and wounding seven others.
August 7:
A commando soldier was killed and two soldiers and three local policemen were injured during an operation by Afghan forces in Allahyar area of Ghor province’s center Ferozkoh city.
Four national security personnel have been killed and 53 others injured in a car-bomb blast at the entrance of the PD6 of Kabul city.
Armed militants attacked in Shin-Jumat and Topkhana villages of Sancharak district of Sar-e-Pul province; killing three policemen and injuring another.
In the PD8 and PD15 of Kabul city, Afghan forces launched cleanup operation against the militants of ISIS, in which three National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces were killed.
Seven ANA soldiers traveling in a civilian car were killed by Taliban fighters in the Karkin area of Mirzaka district of Paktia province.
Seven policemen were killed in a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in Balaboluk district of Farah province.
August 8:
A policeman and two ANA soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a security outpost in Sholgara district of Balkh province.
An Afghan soldier in a civilian garment was killed in Taliban attack in Charmgari area of Kunduz city, Kunduz province.
Two policemen were killed in a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint in Khanabad district of Kunduz province.
Two policemen were injured due to an explosion in Khost city.
Table-1: Afghan Forces’ Casualties
|
Name |
Killed | Injured | Total Killed and Injured |
| ANA | 32 | 72 |
104 |
|
Police |
85 | 54 | 139 |
| Total | 117 | 126 |
243 |
Anti-government Armed Militants’ Casualties
August 2:
Nine Taliban fighters were killed and fifteen others were injured in an armed clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in Qadis district of Badghis province.
Three Taliban militants were killed due to an airstrike in Khak-e-Safed district of Farah province.
13 Taliban militants were killed in clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban in Sako and Ada villages of Dehyak district, Ghazni province.
25 armed militants including of Taliban fighters have been killed in a cleaning operation by Afghan forces in Charkh district of Logar province.
21 Taliban militants were killed and nine others were injured in a clash between two groups of Taliban in Shindand district of Herat province.
One Taliban fighter was killed and three others were injured in a clash between Afghan forces and government rebels in Hesa-e-Do district of Kapisa province.
August 3:
As a result of joint operations by Afghan forces in Tirinkot, Surkh-e-Murghab, Kuchkin areas of Uruzgan province and Jagrom and Mojahid areas in Maiwand district of Kandahar province, 15 Taliban fighters were killed and eight others were injured.
12 Taliban militants were killed as a result of an airstrike in Alozi area of Pul-e-Alam city of Logar province.
Nine Taliban militants were killed in a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in the Malgir area of Nahr-e-Saraj district, Helmand province.
August 4:
Officials of Faryab province claimed that 20 Taliban fighters were killed during a Taliban attack on Belcheragh district’s center.
Four Taliban militants were killed in a clash between militants and Afghan forces in Khanaqah district of Jawzjan province.
10 Taliban militants were killed and five others were injured in clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban in the Suryan area of Chaharbolak district of Balkh province.
Three armedmen wanted to kill the police chief of Gilan district in Ghazni province, but did not reach their target and were killed by the police chief’s guards.
August 5:
In Barakat area of Khwaja Omari district of Ghazni province, Afghan forces targeted an explosive-laden vehicle, killing one militant.
Four Taliban fighters were killed and two others were injured in an armed clash between militants and Afghan forces in the Karkin-Khola area of Ahmad-Khel district of Paktia province.
August 7:
Nine Taliban fighters were killed during an operation by Afghan forces in Allahyar area of Ferozkoh city, the center of Ghor province.
Taliban Gunmen attacked in Shin-Jumat and Topkhana Villages in Sancharak district of Sar-e-Pul province, killing six Taliban militants and wounding 30 others.
Afghan Special Forces launched an operation in the PD8 and PD15 of Kabul city and Bagrami district, killing two ISIS militants.
August 8:
Eight Taliban fighters were killed during a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint in Sholgara district of Balkh province.
Table 2: Casualties of the Anti-government Armed Militants
|
Name |
Killed | Injured | Total Killed and Injured |
| Taliban | 173 | 72 |
245 |
|
ISIS |
2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 175 | 72 |
247 |
Civilian Casualties
August 2:
Two civilians were injured when a bomb exploded near a mosque in Shinwar district of Nangarhar province.
In addtion, one person was injured in a bomb blast attached to a rickshaw in the Maqam Khan area of Behsud district of Nangarhar province.
August 3:
Eight civilians, including two children and two women, were killed in an explosion in the PD2 of Kandahar city.
August 4:
Taliban militants have killed a man accused of spying for the government in Gizab area of Shuhada district of Badakhshan province.
Two civilians, who were brothers, were killed and another was injured in a drone strike in Shorcha village of Pashtunkot district of Faryab province.
Two civilians were killed and three employees of Khurshid TV were injured in a magnetic bomb blast attached to a vehicle of Khurshid TV in the fifth road of Taimani area of Kabul city.
August 5:
Four people (three children and a woman) were killed and one person was injured in a rocket-propelled blast fired by Taliban in the bazaar of Shahjoy district of Zabul province.
Afghan forces opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Qaisar district of Faryab province, killing one civilian and wounding four others, including women.
A woman, who was engaged to an Afghan soldier, was killed in an attack by militants in Qala-e-Naw , the center of Badghis province.
Four civilians have been killed and 25 others injured in an explosion of explosives fixed in a motorcycle, in the Haji-Abbas area of Herat city.
August 6:
A child has been killed and four other civilians, including a woman, have been injured in a mortar shell blast in the Moqani village of Pashtunkot district of Faryab province.
In the center of Khost province, a magnetic bomb attached to a private motorbike has exploded in which two civilians were killed near the first security division.
Four civilians have been killed in a motorcycle bomb blast in PD12 of Herat city, Herat province.
August 7:
A civilian was killed and another injured in a magnetic bomb blast in Kabul city.
A civilian was killed in a Taliban attack in Pul-e-Podah village of Pashtun Zarghun district of Herat province.
Four civilians were killed and six others were injured in an armed clash between two local militia commanders in Takhan-Abad area of Chahab district, Takhar province.
14 civilians have been killed and 92 others injured in a car bomb blast near the entrance of the PD6 of Kabul city.
Eight civilians, including children and women, were injured in a bomb blast in the center of Herat province.
August 8:
Seven civilians were injured when a bomb exploded on a civilian vehicle in Khost City.
Table 3: Civilian Casualties
|
Name |
Killed | Injured | Total Killed and Injured |
| Civilians | 59 | 146 |
205 |
|
Total |
59 | 146 |
205 |
Conclusion and Analysis of the Week
Last week’s report shows that all over the country, 695 people have been killed and injured (351 of them were killed and 344 wounded) from 2 – 8 August 2019. This week, however, the casualties’ toll of the warring parties and civilians was high, but it shows a slight decrease comparing to the previous week.
Last week, 121 pro-government forces were killed, but this week, the figure decreased to 117. The number of Taliban killed members toll was 236 persons last week, but this week it shows a decrease where 175 Taliban fighters were killed. There were also 133 civilian casualties last week, but this week it has dropped to about half as 59 persons were killed all over the country.
This week, most of the civilian casualties were due to explosions and magnetic bomb blasts in populated areas, the largest of which occurred near to PD6 of Kabul city, killing and injuring a large number of civilians. On the other side, fortunately the casualties to civilians due to airstrikes and night operations by Afghan and foreign forces have dropped significantly this week.
QASED Strategic Research Center, while there is hope on the ongoing Afghan peace talks in Qatar, strongly urges both sides of the war to reduce the current violence for stopping the ongoing bloodshed in the country, particularly pay close attention to the lives of civilians and avoid attacks in populous and civilian areas.
Table 4: Total casualties of war and security incidents
|
Name |
Killed | Name | Wounded |
| Afghan Forces | 117 | Afghan Forces |
126 |
|
Anti-government Militants |
175 | Anti-government Militants | 72 |
| Civilians | 59 | Civilians |
146 |
|
Total |
351 | Total | 344 |
|
Total Casualties 695 |
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