One police officer and seven pro-government militia members were killed in a Taliban ambush in the village of Pay Mashhad in Dawlat Abad District.
March 4 Balkh Province: eight security forces killed March 4 Kandahar Province: one civilian killedĪssadullah Mashori, a parliamentary candidate, was killed and a passer-by was wounded, when a bomb attached to Mashori’s vehicle exploded in the Fourth Police District of Kandahar City, the provincial capital. Nine civilians were also wounded in the attack, according to local officials. After the blast, four armed attackers wearing suicide vests entered the compound and shot employees of the company, prompting a firefight with Afghan security forces that lasted more than five hours. The attack started with an early morning suicide explosion at the entrance of a construction company. March 6 Nangarhar Province: 16 civilians killedĪt least 16 civilians were killed in a complex attack on a construction company in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. Reinforcements heading for the attack were ambushed by the Taliban. The Taliban attacked security outposts in the village of Asia Khan in Chimtal District, killing two soldiers and a police officer. March 6 Balkh Province: two soldiers and one police officer killed Local officials claimed that Taliban also suffered casualties, but they did not provide exact figures. The attack was carried out by a Taliban Red Unit that was eventually pushed back by security forces. The Taliban attacked security outposts in the center of Qala-e-Zal District, killing six police officers, two soldiers and one pro-government militia member. March 7 Kunduz Province: nine security forces killed Insurgents were pushed back by security forces. Local officials claimed that two Taliban fighters were also killed in the clashes. The Taliban attacked a military base in the village of Hayatan in Dawlat Abad District, killing one soldier and wounding two others. March 7 Balkh Province: one soldier killed Two police officers were killed and another was wounded in the explosion. March 7 Baghlan Province: two police officers killedĪ police Humvee hit a roadside bomb in the village of Hussainkhel in Pul-i-Kumri City, the provincial capital. Two attackers were killed and another was arrested by security forces. The attackers fired mortars from a nearby house. Abdul Latif Pedram, a presidential candidate, was among those wounded. High-ranking government officials and politicians were present at the event.
The Islamic State claimed credit for the attack. Three civilians were killed and 31 others were wounded in Kabul when attackers launched mortar and rocket attacks on a crowd of people commemorating the 24th anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, a Hazara leader. March 7 Kabul Province: three civilians killed The site was once a major base for United States forces, and an adjoining part of the compound still houses American troops. The deadliest attack took place in Helmand Province, where insurgents penetrated a military compound and killed at least 40 Afghan soldiers over 36 hours of fighting. Both sides routinely inflate casualty totals for their opponents.Īt least 119 pro-government forces and 26 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week, in a surge of violent attacks amid ongoing peace negotiations between American diplomats and the Taliban in Qatar.
Similarly, the reports do not include Taliban claims for their attacks on the government unless they can be verified. The report includes government claims of insurgent casualty figures, but in most cases these cannot be independently verified by The Times. It is necessarily incomplete as many local officials refuse to confirm casualty information. The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan from the past seven days.
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