Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 26 eventsP of organized violence in Afghanistan in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 56P. The low estimate is 43 and the high estimate is 124P. UCDP counts 3P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 6 eventsP.

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 26.0.8, 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, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Badakhshan province1017
Baghlan province58
Ghor province21
Hirat province20
Kabul province31
Kandahar province10
Laghman province13
Nangarhar province125
Takhar province11

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

Figure 1. Events in Afghanistan, August 2026. The map shows 26 events with 56 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Afghanistan has each event.

Table 2. Afghanistan, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 26 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
11 Aug 2026Darwaz district, Badakhshan provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; Group named for a person (name not shown)State-based12218
16 Aug 2026Achin district, Nangarhar provinceGovernment of Afghanistan; ISState-based252525

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 3. Afghanistan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P1P
AFF4P0P
ARF1P0P
AUF4P0P
Government of Afghanistan24P54P
Group named for a person (name not shown)3P15P
Hazara1P1P
IS1P25P
Kochi1P1P
NRF7P12P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Afghanistan: events by type of violence, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict20P77%
Non-state conflict1P4%
One-sided violence against civilians5P19%

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

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
August 202626P56PCandidate Events
July 20266P9PCandidate Events
June 202614P55PCandidate Events
May 20266P9PCandidate Events
April 202614P37PCandidate Events
March 202645P387PCandidate Events
February 202624P180PCandidate 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. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

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ConflictStats. Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/afghanistan/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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