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ID | Month | Day | Year Sort descending | ISO | Country | UN | INGO | ICRC | NRCS and IFRC | NNGO | Other | Nationals killed | Nationals wounded | Nationals kidnapped | Total national staff | Internationals killed | Internationals wounded | Internationals kidnapped | Total international staff | Total victims | Gender Male | Gender Female | Gender Unknown | Means of attack | Attack context | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Motive | Actor type | Actor name | Details | Verified | Source |
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2227 | Feb | 8 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.6672 | 65.7536 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | Six ICRC staff workers of Afghan nationality have been shot and killed by gunmen in the northern province of Jawzjan. Two more staff members were abducted. The attack on the convoy occurred south of Shibergan while the aid workers were transporting relief supplies to areas affected by the recent snowstorm. The abducted aid workers were released around the 5th of September, 2017. | Yes | Media |
2290 | May | 20 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 34.555349 | 69.207486 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One German international aid worker was killed in an INGO guest house after armed attackers ambushed the building. A Finnish aid worker was also kidnapped by the group. In addition, the attackers beheaded a guard at the compound. Details surrounding the incident and the attackers are currently unavailable. On September 14th, the Finnish government confirmed that the aid worker was released after being held captive for 118 days. In a statement, the foreign minister said that they did not pay a ransom for the release of the aid worker. | Yes | Media |
2311 | Aug | 14 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 34.52151 | 65.246344 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three national aid workers for an INGO were gunned down and killed in Ghor province, somewhere near the capital city of Chaghcharan. Two others (not currently counted in the AWSD because the information could not be verified) were reportedly wounded in the event. Although the motive and perpetrators of this incident are also unknown, the area reportedly has an active Taliban and ISIS presence. | Yes | Media |
2316 | Sep | 11 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 36.692617 | 67.117951 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One international staff member of the ICRC working in Mazar-i-Sharif, was shot and killed at the organization's rehabilitation center where she treated disabled men, women, and children. She was taken to a NATO medical facility where she succumbed to her wounds. According to early reports, the shooter was someone that she treated. | Yes | Media |
2428 | Aug | 29 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.264539 | 68.524715 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Four national male staff members were kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakitika and released over the course of several weeks. An additional staff member from the same organization was also abducted with the group but released less than 24 hours (and therefore not counted here). | Yes | Focal Point |
2464 | Aug | 15 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 34.171831 | 70.621679 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One national staff member of an INGO was shot and killed during a personal dispute in Nanghar. | Yes | Focal Point |
2467 | Jul | 14 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 34.473946 | 67.349694 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One UN driver was abducted north of Dahwali, Afghanistan, in AGE controlled territory. He was released three days later on July 16th after the intervention of local elders. | Yes | Focal Point |
2476 | May | 2 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.391389 | 64.299722 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A truck contracted by a UN agency partner was transporting commodities and was stopped by armed Anti Government Elements in Khalaj. The driver was held hostage for several days and released on May 12th. | Yes | Focal Point |
2477 | Jun | 15 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 33.316667 | 68.45 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One UN agency and one NGO staff member that were working together on a monitoring mission were abducted by the local Taliban group. They were taken and held in Andar district in Ghazni province. They were interviewed by the provincial council and then one of the staff members was brought back to Waghaz and released on June 17th. The other had escaped earlier that day. | Yes | Focal Point |
2478 | Sep | 20 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.316667 | 68.45 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Anti-government elements diverted one out of three UN agency contracted trucks that were heading to Barmal district to an unknown location, off-loaded the items from the truck and reportedly sold them at the market. They kidnapped the truck driver but released him on September 29th. | Yes | Focal Point |
2479 | Oct | 28 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.307049 | 62.136421 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One UN agency contracted commercial truck carrying relief items was stopped and diverted by AGE in Shindad district of Herat province. Reportedly the truck driver and the truck was taken to the AGEs stronghold but the driver and the truck were later released on November 18th. | Yes | Focal Point |
2484 | May | 31 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 34.555349 | 69.207486 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A VBIED exploded in the diplomatic quarter, close to Kabul's Zanbaq square. One INGO national staff member was slightly injured in the attack by shrapnel. | Yes | Focal Point |
2485 | Jul | 4 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Project site | 34.171831 | 70.621679 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | A number of staff members from an assessment team (and a local partner to an INGO) were parked outside of a school in the Surkroad district of Nangarhar province. An AOG fired at them, killing one of the national staff members and seriously injuring another. According to a report, there was a change of command within the AOG, which could have contributed to the attack occurring. | Yes | Focal Point |
2486 | Oct | 17 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 34.555349 | 69.207486 | Incidental | Host State | Unknown | One national female aid worker for an INGO was injured by shrapnel after the area was targeted by aerial bombing. | Yes | Focal Point |
2491 | May | 16 | 2017 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 34.920175 | 70.764424 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national volunteer for the Red Crescent was killed due to fighting in Gosalak village in Kunar province. The circumstances of his death remain unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
2344 | Jan | 24 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 34.419849 | 70.472943 | Political | Islamic State (IS) | Four national staff members of an INGO and one soldier (not counted here) were killed in a complex attack on the organization's office in Jalalabad. The attackers detonated a suicide car bomb and then laid siege to the building for hours. Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for the attack. Five other national INGO staff were injured in the attack and are receiving medical treatment. | Yes | media | |
2409 | May | 5 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 35.359532 | 70.859562 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Afghan National Police (ANP) | One NGO female aid worker in Wama district was shot and killed when an Afghan National Police officer fired his weapon at a group of NGO workers and then fled the scene. Further details about this incident and the motive are unavailable at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
2420 | Jun | 2 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.510918 | 68.903288 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Six people, including one NGO staff member, were abducted by anti-government elements (group unknown) in Aliabad District in Kunduz Province. | Yes | Official Report |
2506 | Jul | 31 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Project site | 34.419849 | 70.472943 | Political | Islamic State (IS) | An attack on the Ministry of Refugees and Returnees office in Jalalabad killed at least fifteen people, including UN and INGO staff members. Another UN aid worker was wounded in the complex attack. It began when a suicide car bomb was detonated and followed by a gunfight that lastest several hours between Afghan security forces and two shooters that had taken hostages. Reportedly, as many as thirty people were wounded and no group has taken responsibility for the attack. The attack apparently took place during a meeting with NGOs working on refugee issues. | Yes | Media | |
2532 | Oct | 25 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 36.603113 | 69.104049 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | The body of one INGO staff member was found in Khanabad District not far from where he was abducted from by anti-government elements on October 25th. | Yes | Official Report |
2549 | Jan | 23 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 34.555347 | 69.207489 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male UN Agency driver and a female colleague with her son were kidnapped, after their car was stopped by unknown assailants around 6:00am in the North of the capital. The body of the driver was recovered on March 16 2018 and the female UN agency staff and her son were released by the kidnappers on May 24, 2018. | Yes | Media |
2559 | Apr | 22 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 34.555347 | 69.207489 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN staff member was shot in the shoulder in front of his house. He was treated in the hospital for his wounds. | Yes | Official Report |
2578 | May | 5 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Public location | 34.533814 | 69.181595 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female national INGO staff was struck on her head by a group of armed men after exiting a bank branch. The staff member had withdrawn a large amount of money for office use, which was taken by the armed men after she was assaulted. | Yes | Focal Point |
2583 | Jul | 28 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.44038 | 70.441856 | Unknown | State: unknown | Not applicable | 3 national INGO staff were killed and 2 wounded during an aerial bombardment of a project site at 11:15 on July 28, 2018 in Police District #03. | Yes | Focal Point |
2598 | Jul | 16 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 31.612181 | 65.712219 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An INGO national volunteer and his brother were physically assaulted by AOG (brother not counted in the AWSD). Reportedly, the assault occurred because the AOG was opposed to their association with the INGO. | Yes | Focal Point |
2604 | Oct | 6 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Mob violence | Public location | 34.4823 | 66.2724 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One female national INGO staff member was hit by crossfire during a mob incident and later died in the hospital on October 6, 2018. The mob reportedly erupted as the group tried to prevent the arrest of a local commander by the military. | Yes | Focal Point |
2562 | Jul | 19 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.875746 | 70.993766 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | 12 employees of a demining NGO were abducted by a group of armed men reportedly associated with the Islamic State. The group of deminers were working in a remote area of Kunar province at the request of tribal leaders, who are now attempting to mediate their release. As of January 2019 their status is unknown. | Pending | Media |
2628 | Oct | 8 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.4127 | 64.5123 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two national staff, one employed by a LNGO and one employed by an INGO, were abducted in Sangan, Ghor province. Following extensive negotiations between the anti-government kidnapper elements and the Herat access team, the two aid workers were released after 5 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
2629 | Oct | 3 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 36.1317 | 65.554 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four national NGO staff were abducted while conducting an assessment of a drought response project in Sayyad district, of Sar-e-pol province. Seven staff members were originally abducted in the incident, with three being released after several hours. The remaining four staff members were released 2 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
2662 | Jan | 7 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO driver was ambushed while travelling in Kabul and forced out of his vehicle by perpetrators with weapons. The staff member was injured after being beaten. | Yes | Focal Point |
2687 | Nov | 4 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 32.5 | 68.8 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One national INGO staff member while travelling through Paktika province, was kidnapped and subsequently murdered by his captors. Reports indicate the motive is unknown, but the perpetrators are Taliban members. | Yes | Focal Point |
2702 | Sep | 10 | 2018 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.5 | 68.8 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One international INGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped by Taliban members, due to mistaken identity. The staff member was travelling in Paktika Province when the road ambush occurred. He was released two days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
Total | 10 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 32 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 44 | 9 | 25 |