UNAMA counts 512 civilians killed in cross-border incidents in Afghanistan over a year

15 October 2026

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has recorded 512 civilians killed and 1,236 injured in cross-border incidents inside the country over a one-year period beginning October 2025. The figures appear in the mission's quarterly human rights report, which covers July to September 2026 and was released along with a food security analysis. For that quarter alone the mission documented 33 civilian casualties from cross-border attacks, made up of 13 deaths and 20 injuries, including women and children. The incidents recorded in the quarter were in Kunar, Paktika and Helmand provinces. UNAMA publishes these counts as part of the human rights reporting the Security Council has mandated it to carry out. Mediation efforts involving China, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia had not produced an agreement when the report was issued.