Security incidents in Afghanistan rose 14.7% in the past quarter compared with the same period last year, the UN said in a report on the situation in the country and its implications for international peace and security.
The report recorded 2,737 safety and security incidents between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31. It said anti-Taliban armed groups claimed responsibility for 41 attacks during the period — mostly grenade attacks and shootings on Taliban checkpoints and convoys — of which 19 were verified. Groups cited included the Freedom Front, National Resistance Front, National Liberation Front, National Mobilisation Front, Islamic People’s Freedom Front of Afghanistan and the Afghanistan Freedom Movement, with incidents reported in Baghlan, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunduz, Nimroz, Panjshir and Takhar.
