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.

At least seven pro-government forces and seven civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week. Casualties among pro-government forces and civilians decreased significantly compared to previous weeks. The only mass-casualty incident against Afghan forces occurred in Badakhshan Province, where four pro-government forces were killed. Two pro-government forces were also killed a military operation against the Taliban in Herat Province, where officials claimed that 12 insurgents were killed. There were several Taliban attacks on outposts and bases, but Afghan security forces did not suffer casualties, which may be attributed to the improved arrival time of reinforcements. Airstrikes and commando operations were also accelerated all over the country recently.

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

June 20 Nangarhar Province: two civilians killed

Two civilians were killed and 20 others were wounded when an explosive attached to a private vehicle went off in Jalalabad’s Second Police District.

June 19 Badakhshan Province: four pro-government militia members killed

The Taliban attacked the center of Shuhada District, where fighting continued for more than 24 hours. A village was captured by the Taliban and four pro-government militia members were killed. The Taliban were later pushed back and the village was recaptured.