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Badakhshan province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 17P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 53P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 3 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Afghanistan, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Afghanistan has each event.

Table 1. Badakhshan province, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
5 Aug 2026Zebak district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; AFFState-based005
6 Aug 2026Argo district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; AUFState-based001
11 Aug 2026Darwaz district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; Group named for a person (name not shown)State-based12218
13 Aug 2026Fayzabad district (Badakhshan), Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; NRFState-based213
15 Aug 2026Zebak district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; AFFState-based006
15 Aug 2026Darwaz district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; Group named for a person (name not shown)State-based111
16 Aug 2026Darwaz district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; Group named for a person (name not shown)State-based222
19 Aug 2026Fayzabad district (Badakhshan), Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; AFFState-based004
25 Aug 2026Zebak district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; AFFState-based0010
25 Aug 2026Fayzabad district (Badakhshan), Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; NRFState-based003

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

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.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Badakhshan province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AFF4P0P
AUF1P0P
Government of Afghanistan10P17P
Group named for a person (name not shown)3P15P
NRF2P2P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Badakhshan province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
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. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Badakhshan province: all figures

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ConflictStats. Badakhshan province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/afghanistan/badakhshan-province/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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