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Afghanistan: conflict events in December 2024

Monthly report from UCDP event data.

24events18 the month before
94est. deathsrange 82–152
44civilian deaths

Afghanistan saw 24 recorded events and 94 estimated deaths in December 2024. That is +33% compared with 18 events the month before. The death toll range is 82 to 152.

79% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 44.

Events were concentrated in Kabul province (5), Parwan province (4), Paktya province (3).

The most active pairing was Government of Afghanistan - AFF with 6 events.

Where events happened

2024-12-30: Government of Afghanistan vs IS (1 deaths)2024-12-28: Government of Afghanistan vs Government of Pakistan (9 deaths)2024-12-28: Government of Afghanistan vs Government of Pakistan (3 deaths)2024-12-28: Government of Afghanistan vs NRF (2 deaths)2024-12-28: Government of Afghanistan vs Government of Pakistan (9 deaths)2024-12-26: Government of Afghanistan vs Civilians (1 deaths)2024-12-24: Government of Pakistan vs TTP (51 deaths)2024-12-21: Government of Afghanistan vs AFF (0 deaths)2024-12-19: Government of Afghanistan vs AFF (0 deaths)2024-12-19: Government of Afghanistan vs AFF (0 deaths)2024-12-19: Government of Afghanistan vs Civilians (0 deaths)2024-12-16: Government of Afghanistan vs NRF (2 deaths)2024-12-16: Government of Afghanistan vs Civilians (1 deaths)2024-12-15: Government of Afghanistan vs NRF (1 deaths)2024-12-12: Government of Afghanistan vs Civilians (1 deaths)2024-12-11: Government of Afghanistan vs IS (7 deaths)2024-12-11: Government of Afghanistan vs Civilians (0 deaths)2024-12-09: Government of Afghanistan vs AFF (0 deaths)2024-12-09: Government of Afghanistan vs AFF (0 deaths)2024-12-09: Government of Afghanistan vs NRF (0 deaths)2024-12-08: Government of Afghanistan vs NRF (0 deaths)2024-12-07: Government of Afghanistan vs IS (2 deaths)2024-12-06: Government of Afghanistan vs IS (4 deaths)2024-12-04: Government of Afghanistan vs AFF (0 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Afghanistan, December 2024. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Regions, December 2024

RegionEventsEst. deaths
Kabul province59
Parwan province43
Paktya province312
Faryab province35
Paktika province251
Khost province19
Kunar province11
Ghor province11
Badakhshan province11
Takhar province10

Deadliest events, December 2024

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
24 Dec 2024Barmal district
Paktika province		Government of Pakistan vs TTP
State-based, 38 civilian, 14 sources		51
46–51
28 Dec 2024Tere Zayi district (Alisher)
Khost province		Government of Afghanistan vs Government of Pakistan
State-based, 3 sources		9
9–22
28 Dec 2024Dand Wa Patan district
Paktya province		Government of Afghanistan vs Government of Pakistan
State-based, 3 sources		9
9–20
11 Dec 2024Kabul district
Kabul province		Government of Afghanistan vs IS
State-based, 11 sources		7
5–8
6 Dec 2024Qaysar district
Faryab province		Government of Afghanistan vs IS
State-based, 5 sources		4
2–4
28 Dec 2024Dand Wa Patan district
Paktya province		Government of Afghanistan vs Government of Pakistan
State-based, 3 civilian, 4 sources		3
3–5
28 Dec 2024Kabul district
Kabul province		Government of Afghanistan vs NRF
State-based, 6 sources		2
1–10
16 Dec 2024Jabalussaraj district
Parwan province		Government of Afghanistan vs NRF
State-based, 2 sources		2
2–3
7 Dec 2024—Government of Afghanistan vs IS
State-based		2
30 Dec 2024Narang district
Kunar province		Government of Afghanistan vs IS
State-based, 2 sources		1

Parties

PartyEvents
Government of Afghanistan23
AFF6
NRF5
Government of Pakistan4
IS4
TTP1

Type of violence

CategoryEvents
State-based19
Non-state0
One-sided5

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. Counts use the "best" fatality estimate. See methodology.