The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan for the month. 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.

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

Nov. 22-28, 2019

At least 24 pro-government forces and 26 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week. The deadliest attack took place in Imam Sahib District, where 13 members of a single family were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. The group had been on their way to a wedding party in an area controlled by the Taliban. Earlier in the week, at least 10 civilians were killed and five others were wounded in an airstrike on the Gajki village of Pushtiroud District. The group was sitting near a mosque at the time of the attack, which was suspected to have been conducted by American or Aghan air power. Additionally, in the center of Darqad District in Takhar Province, eight soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack before air support arrived to help push back insurgent forces.

Nov. 28 Takhar Province: eight soldiers killed

Eight soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded when the Taliban attacked the center of Darqad District, where fighting continued for more than three hours. The Taliban blocked the route for reinforcements, but ground forces received air support and were able to push back the insurgents, three of whom were also killed according to local authorities.

Nov. 28 Helmand Province: one police officer killed

An armed man on a motorcycle shot and killed a local police officer in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, before escaping from the area.