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Badakhshan province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Badakhshan provincePopulation about 1,054,087 (Wikidata)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 19.

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 3P. The low estimate is 3 and the high estimate is 6P. The count for August 2026 was 10 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 19 eventsP in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 30P. The low estimate is 15 and the high estimate is 105P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 13 regions of Afghanistan with a page, Badakhshan province has the 2nd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Badakhshan province holds 10 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Afghanistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 9 events in Badakhshan province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 19P, which is up 111 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Afghanistan as a whole went from 186 to 189P, which is up 2 percent.

Table 1. Badakhshan province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events21019
Estimated deaths, best estimate31730
Low estimate of deaths3615
High estimate of deaths653105
Deaths of civilians000

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

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  • UCDP recorded 2 events in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 10 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Badakhshan province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Badakhshan province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 19 events with 30 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Badakhshan province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AFF8P6P
AUF1P0P
Government of Afghanistan19P30P
Group named for a person (name not shown)3P15P
IS2P4P
NRF4P5P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Badakhshan province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Badakhshan province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Argo district1P0P
Baharak district (Badakhshan)2P0P
Darwaz district3P15P
Fayzabad district (Badakhshan)8P9P
Kuran Wa Munjan district1P0P
Zebak district4P6P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Badakhshan province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict18P95%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians1P5%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Badakhshan province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P3PCandidate Events
August 202610P17PCandidate Events
July 20263P9PCandidate Events
June 20261P0PCandidate Events
March 20261P0PCandidate Events
February 20262P1PCandidate Events
July 202515GED
June 2025310GED
May 2025310GED
December 202411GED
November 202410GED
August 202421GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Badakhshan province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/afghanistan/badakhshan-province/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 10 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Badakhshan province, Afghanistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 30P. The low estimate is 15 and the high estimate is 105P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.