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 92 pro-government forces and 45 civilians were killed during another bloody week of fighting in Afghanistan. The deadliest of the attacks took place in Badghis Province, where 46 Afghan commandos who had been planning a raid on a Taliban prison ended up near the house of the Taliban shadow governor in the Aab Kamari District, where both sides fought for seven hours. Thirty-five commandos and four civilians were killed; four others were taken prisoners by insurgents. Elsewhere, in Nangarhar Province, nine people were killed when a child carried out a suicide attack at a wedding party in Pachiragam District. Among those killed was Malik Tor, a pro-government militia commander, and eight civilians, including a child. Fourteen others were wounded. On Saturday, Sgt. Maj. James G. “Ryan” Sartor, a Special Forces company sergeant major, was killed as a result of injuries sustained from enemy small-arms fire during combat operations, the American military announced.

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

July 18 Kandahar Province: 11 people killed

The Taliban used two vehicles laden with explosives to attack police headquarters in Kandahar City. Suicide bombers attempted to enter the headquarters, but they were shot and killed by security forces. Two police officers and nine civilians were killed, while 89 people, including four women and 11 children, were wounded. Four trucks parked in the vicinity of the clash were also destroyed, and the explosion shattered the doors and windows of nearby houses.

July 17 Baghlan Province: one police officer killed

The Taliban shot and killed a police officer in the Chehel Kapa village of Doshi District, using a pistol with a suppressor. They seized the officer’s weapon afterward.