Paktya province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in February 2026
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UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Paktya province, Afghanistan in February 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 4P. The low estimate is 1 and the high estimate is 4P. UCDP counts 4P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no eventsP in January 2026.
UCDP recorded no events in February 2025. Paktya province, Afghanistan holds 4 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Afghanistan in February 2026. In February 2025, the share was 0 percent.
P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.
The report of the country for this month: Afghanistan, February 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 26.0.9, 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.
| Date | Place | Sides, as UCDP writes them | Type of violence | Estimated deathsP | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | Dand Wa Patan district, Paktya province | Government of Afghanistan; Government of Pakistan | State-based | 4 | 1 | 4 |
P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.
Actors, as UCDP names them
Names as UCDP writes them.
| Name, as UCDP writes it | Events | Estimated deaths in these events |
|---|---|---|
| Government of Afghanistan | 1P | 4P |
| Government of Pakistan | 1P | 4P |
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.
All months
| Month | Events | Estimated deaths | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1P | 0P | Candidate Events |
| June 2026 | 1P | 30P | Candidate Events |
| March 2026 | 3P | 12P | Candidate Events |
| February 2026 | 1P | 4P | Candidate Events |
| December 2024 | 3 | 12 | GED |
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.
Cite this page
ConflictStats. Paktya province, Afghanistan: events and estimated deaths in February 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/afghanistan/paktya-province/month/2026-02/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .
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