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 264 pro-government forces and 58 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week, the highest death toll of 2019. Attacks by the Taliban spiked around the country as American negotiators met with Taliban officials in the seventh round of peace talks in Doha. In Kabul, a complex Taliban attack including a car-bombing and militant assault killed at least 40 people, badly damaging a private war museum, an adjoining television station and a primary school, hurting dozens of children. In Kandahar, the Taliban launched coordinated attacks in Maruf District center, killing at least 45 security forces and eight election officials.

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

July 4 Balkh Province: one soldier killed

An Afghan forces Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Dawlat Abad District. A soldier was killed and three police officers were wounded.

July 4 Baghlan Province: two civilians killed

An airstrike hit a home in Pul-i-Khumri City, killing two women and wounding three children.

July 4 Ghor Province: one civilian killed

The Taliban attacked an office of the local pro-government-militia in Dawlatyar District, killing one civilian and wounding one another.