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.

Feb. 21-27, 2020

At least 34 pro-government forces and seven civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week. Although American and Taliban officials agreed to a seven-day reduction in violence beginning on Sunday, The Times confirmed 12 separate attacks that resulted in casualties between the start of the temporary truce and Thursday evening. The deadliest attack took place in Balkh Province, where a Taliban red unit attacked a security outpost in Para Barat village of Charkint District, killing five pro-government militia members and two civilians. Four militia members and one civilian were also wounded in the battle. In Sar-i-Pul Province, the Taliban attacked Korak-e-Arabia village security outposts in the provincial capital, killing four security forces and wounding 10 others.