AFGHANISTAN, YEAR 2019: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 29 June 2020 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015b; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015a; Kashmir border status: CIA, 2004; geodata of disputed borders: GADM, November 2015b; Natural Earth, undated; incident data: ACLED, 20 June 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 AFGHANISTAN, YEAR 2019: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 29 JUNE 2020 Contents Conflict incidents by category Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Battles 9199 3908 26510 Conflict incidents by category 2 Explosions / Remote 4007 2179 14584 Development of conflict incidents from 2017 to 2019 2 violence Violence against civilians 405 179 388 Methodology 3 Strategic developments 242 56 189 Conflict incidents per province 4 Protests 59 3 5 Riots 3 1 4 Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 13915 6326 41680 Disclaimer 9 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 20 June 2020). Development of conflict incidents from 2017 to 2019 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 20 June 2020). 2 AFGHANISTAN, YEAR 2019: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 29 JUNE 2020 Methodology GADM. Incidents that could not be located are ignored. The numbers included in this overview might therefore differ from the original ACLED data. ACLED uses The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event varying degrees of geographic precision for the individual incidents, depending Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in African and Asian countries, Afghanistan being among them. ACLED researchers which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by date, location, is known. Erroneous location data, especially due to identical place names, cannot agent, and event type. be fully excluded. Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, Incidents comprise the following categories: battles, headquarters or bases es- secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatality tablished, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED states non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, to use the most conservative estimate available. ACLED uses the reports’ context please see to estimate fatalities for events with reported fatalities for which the exact number is unknown (“10” for plural fatalities, “100” if “hundreds” are mentioned, etc.). • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict For further details on ACLED and for the full data, see www.acleddata.com and Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook (2019), 10 April 2019 Raleigh; Linke; Hegre, and Karlsen, 2010. https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/10/ ACLED_Codebook_2019FINAL_pbl.pdf Based on this data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents and pub- • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict lishes them on ecoi.net to offer another access point to the ACLED datasets. Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) User Quick Guide, April 2019 https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2019/04/ It is advised to employ extreme caution when using fatality numbers. General-User-Guide_FINAL.pdf Assessments of the security situation should not be based solely on quantitative • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: FAQs: ACLED Fatality analysis of event data. Methodology, 27 January 2020 https://www.acleddata.com/download/17979/ Please see ACLED’s additional methodological papers for Afghanistan: ACLED, 16 December 2019, ACLED, 19 December 2019 Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other sources if necessary. Incidents are mapped to GADM provinces using the provinces in ACLED data. Province names and borders may differ between ACLED and 3 AFGHANISTAN, YEAR 2019: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 29 JUNE 2020 Number of Conflict incidents per province Number of Number of Province incidents with incidents fatalities Number of fatalities Number of Number of Province incidents with Logar 415 169 985 incidents fatalities fatalities Nangarhar 734 443 2736 Badakhshan 200 95 798 Nimroz 119 27 114 Badghis 325 200 1863 Nuristan 54 16 119 Baghlan 395 184 1465 Paktika 301 136 745 Balkh 615 269 1821 Paktya 592 133 741 Bamyan 17 1 2 Panjshir 6 0 0 Daykundi 31 15 189 Parwan 183 30 147 Farah 426 220 1562 Samangan 76 41 289 Faryab 539 342 2601 Sari Pul 125 71 404 Ghazni 1285 743 4484 Takhar 262 181 1404 Ghor 172 95 782 Uruzgan 594 387 2872 Hilmand 1523 582 3030 Wardak 552 194 1207 Hirat 456 229 1146 Zabul 690 282 1956 Jawzjan 189 101 705 Kabul 301 85 501 Localization of conflict incidents Kandahar 1157 435 3270 Kapisa 216 74 334 Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED Khost 309 53 194 dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event Kunar 294 129 757 type, involved actors, information sources, etc.). The data’s precision varies among Kunduz 493 281 2073 the incidents: a town may represent a region, or the provincial capital may be used if the precise location of an incident is unkown. In the following list, the names Laghman 269 83 384 of event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names are taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. In Badakhshan, 200 incidents killing 798 people were reported. The following 4 AFGHANISTAN, YEAR 2019: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 29 JUNE 2020 locations were among the affected: Angaryan, Arghanj Khwa, Argo, Baharak, Nawer. Bashun, Darah-ye Jim, Darayim, Eskan, Farman Qoli, Fayzabad, Jurm, Keran wa Menjan, Khash, Khwahan, Kohistan, Mashhad, Nusay, Shahr-e Buzurg, In Farah, 426 incidents killing 1562 people were reported. The following locations Shuhada, Tishkan, Warduj, Yaftali Sufla, Yamgan, Zebak, Ziraki. were among the affected: Anar Dara, Arifabad, Askarabad, Bala Buluk, Chak Ab, Chin Afghani, Chin Farsi, Dehyak-e Kalan, Dewar-e Surkh, Farah, In Badghis, 325 incidents killing 1863 people were reported. The following Ganjabad, Ganjgin, Ginakan, Girani, Gulistan, Kanisk, Karez-e Shaykhha, locations were among the affected: Ab Kamari, Achishkah, Akazai, Karezak, Khak-e Safid, Khwajah Khizir, Lash wa Juwayn, Pashmikeh, Piyo, Chashmah-ye Duzakh, Gandah Ab, Gharchahghay, Gormach, Jawand, Joy-e Pur Chaman, Pusht Rod, Qal Kalah, Qala i Kah, Raj, Regi, Shamal Gah, Khwajah, Laman, Ludinah, Muqur, Murghab, Murichaq, Qadis, Qala i Naw, Shewan, Shib Koh, Siah Jangal, Sultan Bakwa, Takh-e Nalak, Tapah. Qalah-ye Wali, Regi, Sang Atesh, Sanjitak, Tagab-e Ismail. In Faryab, 539 incidents killing 2601 people were reported. The following In Baghlan, 395 incidents killing 1465 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Almar, Andkhoy, Aqsay Arab, Archiktu, locations were among the affected: Aka Khel, Andarab, Bagh-e Shamal, Arkalik, Bilchiragh, Bukhari Qalah, Chaqmaq, Dahan-e Darah, Dawlat Abad, Baghlani Jadid, Burka, Chaharshambah Tepah, Chashmah-ye Sher, Dahana i Dom Qalah, Fayzabad, Gadai Qala, Gul Darah, Gurziwan, Hazarah Qalah, Ghuri, Dushi, Farang Wa Gharu, Guzargahi Nur, Hafiz Bachah, Hasan Tal, Islam Qala, Islim, Katah Qalah, Khairabad, Khisht Pul, Khwaja Sabz Posh, Himat Khel, Husain Khel, Kelagai, Khalah Zai, Khinjan, Khushkak, Khwajah Khwajah Gowhar, Khwajah Qushuri, Koh-e Sayyad, Koh-e Yukhan, Kowlian, Alwan, Lakan Khel, Nahrin, Pansiri, Pul-e Khumri, Puli Hisar, Sayyid, Kuhi, Kulani, Lash, Maymana, Nazarabad, Nishar, Now Dari Qalah, Pashtun Shahabuddin, Shamarq, Tala wa Barfak, Tapah Qorghan, Tuli. Kot, Qala, Qara Ghuwally, Qarah Shaykhi, Qaramqol, Qaysar, Qurghan, Quzat, Sara i Qala, Shah Nazar, Shakh, Shirin Tagab, Shorchah, Toghlah In Balkh, 615 incidents killing 1821 people were reported. The following Mast, Tukali Namusah, Tuquz Darak, Turt Kul, Yangi Qalah, Yangi Shaghasi, locations were among the affected: Aliabad, Alizayi, Aq Tapah, Arzan Kar, Zarshoy, Ziarat Gah. Asya-ye Sharaf, Balkh, Banguliyah, Buz Arigh, Charbolak, Charkint, Chashma, Chimtal, Dawlat Abad, Dihdadi, Hairatan, Hayatah, Kaldar, In Ghazni, 1285 incidents killing 4484 people were reported. The following Khulm, Khwajah Iskandar, Kishindih, Koh Alberz, Lashkar Kochi, Mazar-e locations were among the affected: Ab Band, Adah, Ahad, Ali Jan Kala, Andar, Sharif, Mirzai, Murghan Tapah, Nahri Shahi, Pay Mashhad, Sabzi Kar, Angu, Asghari Kelay, Barakat, Bashi, Chowni, Dado, Dalani, Deh-e Mulla, Sholgara, Shor Bulaq, Shortepa, Siyah