Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2021
At least 287 pro-government forces and 204 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.
Broken glass and shattered windows in a mosque in Logar Province after a truck bomb was detonated there on April 30.Credit.Reuters
Published May 6, 2021Updated May 16, 2021
The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan from the past seven days. 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.