Afghan War Casualty Report: December 2020
At least 185 pro-government forces and 101 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in December. The Times confirmed 3,378 security-force and 1,468 civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2020.
The site of a car bomb attack in Kabul on Dec. 20.Credit.Zakeria Hashimi/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
By Fahim Abed
Published Dec. 10, 2020Updated Dec. 31, 2020
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.