EARTH · VERIFIED CONFLICT RECORD
Conflict in Afghanistan
This is a verified record, not a live feed. UCDP hand-codes every event from published sources, which takes weeks — the newest event here is from 2026-05-31. For what is happening right now, LEV’s Global Incidents layer carries the machine-coded newswire at about fifteen minutes’ delay.
Between 1 Jan 2024 and 25 May 2026, researchers at Uppsala University hand-coded 485 events of organised violence in Afghanistan from published sources. Their best estimate is 1,188 people killed — and their own range runs 810–3,501, which is the honest width of what anyone actually knows.
What the record holds
UCDP range 810–3,501.
438 placed precisely enough to map; 47 counted but not pinned, because UCDP could place them no closer than a province.
Who was doing the killing
The conflicts behind the events
454–2,224 · 111 ev
111–252 · 59 ev
130–294 · 16 ev
28–139 · 102 ev
52–102 · 13 ev
34–481 · 181 ev
The deadliest single event on record
UCDP range 95–411. UCDP's own estimate spans 95 to 411; 143 is its best estimate, not a certainty.
Afghanistan - Pakistan · state-based violence — a government is one of the sides — a civil war or a war between states.
Afghanistan, elsewhere on LiveEarthViewer
Source
Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Uppsala University — UCDP GED v26.1 + UCDP Candidate v26_0_1..v26_0_5, released under CC BY 4.0. Coverage ends 31 May 2026. UCDP records Afghanistan under the name “Afghanistan”. Every figure on this page is UCDP’s, aggregated and labelled — none is modelled or estimated by LEV.