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.

More than 100 security forces and 28 civilians were killed in the past week, including two American service members who were killed in Kunduz Province during a joint operation. The Afghan military suffered its worst loss of the year in southern Afghanistan, where an estimated 65 security forces were killed in coordinated attacks by the Taliban late Friday night and early Saturday in Helmand Province. “The government is trying to keep it secret, but this is what has happened in just a single attack in Sangin District,” a local official told The Times. Few details of the assault have been made available.

[Read the Afghan War Casualty Report from previous weeks.]

March 28 Samangan Province: seven pro-government militia members killed

The Taliban attacked the village of Tikhonak in Aybak City, the provincial capital, killing seven pro-government militia members and wounding 11 others. Local authorities claimed that four Taliban fighters were also killed in the clashes and that their attack was pushed back by security forces.

March 28 Zabul Province: seven police officers killed

The Taliban attacked police outposts in the Seuri area of Shinky District, killing seven police officers and wounding eight others. Three outposts were captured by the Taliban in several hours of battle.