The following reports compile all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters and stringers throughout Afghanistan. It is necessarily incomplete as many local officials refuse to confirm casualty information.

Based on New York Times reporting, clashes between security forces and Taliban fighters spread to 14 provinces. Suicide attacks and bombings were reported in six additional provinces. One of those provinces, Daikundi, is an anti-Taliban stronghold where insurgent activity had been very rare. On Wednesday, a suicide bomber attacked a NATO military convoy near the main American military base at Bagram, killing civilian bystanders only. And on Thursday, an apparent insider attack at the governor’s compound in Kandahar left two important Afghan leaders dead. The top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Austin Scott Miller, was on the compound during the attack, but escaped without injury. The Times confirmed reports of 140 security force members and 56 civilians killed in the past week.



[Read the Afghan War casualty report for Oct. 4-11]

Oct. 18 Kandahar Province: two high-ranking government officials killed

Gen. Abdul Raziq, the powerful police chief of Kandahar, and Gen. Abdul Momin, the provincial chief of National Directorate of Security, were killed in an attack at the governor’s compound. Gov. Zalmai Wesa, the provincial governor, and the police commander for the southern zone were wounded in the attack. One American service member, one American civilian and one coalition contractor were also wounded.