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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Kandahar provincePopulation about 1,431,876 (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 16.

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Kandahar province, Afghanistan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 11P. The low estimate is 9 and the high estimate is 12P. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 16 eventsP in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 109P. The low estimate is 73 and the high estimate is 162P. UCDP counts 51P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 13 regions of Afghanistan with a page, Kandahar province has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Kandahar province holds 8 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 2 events in Kandahar province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 16P, which is up 700 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Afghanistan as a whole went from 186 to 189P, which is up 2 percent.

Table 1. Kandahar province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events3116
Estimated deaths, best estimate110109
Low estimate of deaths9073
High estimate of deaths122162
Deaths of civilians6051

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.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Kandahar province, Afghanistan on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Kandahar 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 Kandahar province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 16 events with 109 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. Kandahar 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
AUF2P1P
Government of Afghanistan16P109P
Government of Pakistan14P108P

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.

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

Second-level areas

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Kandahar province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Arghandab district (Kandahar)1P1P
Kandahar district3P21P
Shorabak district1P2P
Spin Boldak district10P84P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Kandahar province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict16P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

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 Kandahar province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20263P11PCandidate Events
August 20261P0PCandidate Events
April 20261P5PCandidate Events
March 20263P6PCandidate Events
February 20262P18PCandidate Events
December 202516GED
November 2025211GED
October 2025352GED
July 202510GED
February 202511GED

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. Kandahar province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/afghanistan/kandahar-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 Kandahar province, Afghanistan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Kandahar province, Afghanistan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

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 Kandahar province, Afghanistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 109P. The low estimate is 73 and the high estimate is 162P.

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.