The following reports compile all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan. It is necessarily incomplete as many local officials refuse to confirm casualty information. The toll here does not generally include claims of insurgents killed by the government, because of the difficulty of verifying such claims. Similarly, the reports do not include attacks on the government claimed by the Taliban. Both sides routinely inflate casualties of their opponents.

At least 75 members of pro-government forces and 14 civilians were killed this week. Pro-government forces casualties increased this week compared to last week, but civilian casualties were down. The deadliest violence took place in Sar-i-Pul Province, where the Taliban attacked security forces in three areas, killing a total of 21 people and wounding 25 others. At least 10 civilians suffered casualties in two operations by pro-government forces in Paktia and Faryab provinces. Casualties in both provinces were caused by American air power.

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

Jan. 3 Baghlan Province: 14 police officers killed

The Taliban attacked two police outposts in the Dasht-i-Khwaja Alwan area of Pul-i-Kumri City, the provincial capital, killing nine police officers in one outpost and five in another. The outposts were located along the highway connecting Baghlan with Samangan. The Taliban lit fire to a Humvee and a police truck. They also seized one Humvee and a large weapons cache, then they left the area. Taliban fighters blocking the highway prevented reinforcements from reaching the area.