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Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 8 events of organized violence in Afghanistan in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 18. The low estimate is 3 and the high estimate is 34. UCDP counts 5 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 14 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Afghanistan, May 2025 has the 20th highest count of events. Afghanistan holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2025.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Afghanistan, May 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Badakhshan province310
Ghor province11
Kunduz province20
Paktika province17
Panjsher province10
Figure 1. Events in Afghanistan, May 2025. The map shows 8 events with 18 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.

Events

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

Table 2. Afghanistan, May 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
9 May 2025Jurm district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; ISState-based111
16 May 2025Dara district, Panjsher provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; NRFState-based0013
16 May 2025Barmal district, Paktika provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; Government of PakistanState-based707
22 May 2025Kunduz district, Kunduz provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; NRFState-based001
23 May 2025Jurm district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; CiviliansOne-sided111
24 May 2025Shuhada district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; NRFState-based808
24 May 2025Taywara district, Ghor provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; CiviliansOne-sided111
29 May 2025Kunduz district, Kunduz provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; NRFState-based002

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Afghanistan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Afghanistan818
Government of Pakistan17
IS11
NRF48

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Afghanistan: events by type of violence, May 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict675%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians225%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Afghanistan, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202619P134PCandidate Events
August 202626P31PCandidate Events
July 20266P9PCandidate Events
June 202615P51PCandidate Events
May 20265P8PCandidate Events
April 202615P38PCandidate Events
March 202646P390PCandidate Events
February 202624P181PCandidate Events
January 20266P12PCandidate Events
December 202556GED
November 2025721GED
October 202515152GED
September 2025611GED
August 20251716GED
July 20251011GED
June 20251424GED
May 2025818GED
April 20251418GED
March 2025138GED
February 20252131GED
January 20252316GED
December 20242494GED
November 20241821GED
October 20241812GED
September 20242546GED
August 20241917GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/afghanistan/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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