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Published: September 12, 2010
Indicators of Worsening Security in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is more dangerous than it has ever been during this war, with security deteriorating in recent months, according to international organizations and humanitarian groups. Related Article »
#nytg-nav #nytg-slider { width: 215px; }#sliderCol { width: 130px; }.ui-slider { width: 100px; }table#nytg-tickMarkTable { width: 102px; } Areas where travel
is dangerous
This series of United Nations maps shows how more and more of Afghanistan has become unsafe for international workers to visit. Today, there are districts deemed too dangerous in all but one of the country’s 34 provinces, according to published U.N. estimates. The U.N. has not released the most recent security maps from this summer, but those who have seen them say that the high and extreme risk areas have spread to the northern provinces.
Attacks by
insurgents
The number of insurgent attacks has increased significantly in the past year. As American and NATO forces surged in the south, the Taliban responded with a surge of their own in the north and parts of the east.
U.N. assessment of
the safety of travel in
different parts of the country
Extreme risk, hostile areas
High risk, volatile areas
Medium risk
Data indicating medium-risk areas are not available for 2003 and 2005.
Herat
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Kabul
Jalalabad
Gardez
Qalat
Kandahar
Lashkar Gah
2003
2010
2010
January
Number of insurgent attacks each month.
2008
2009
2010
Insurgents attacks in each province in the first six months of each year.
10
100
400
800
By Joe Burgess, Rod Nordland, Haeyoun Park and Archie Tse/The New York Times | Send Feedback
Sources: United Nations (travel areas); Afghan N.G.O. Safety Office (insurgent attacks)
Indicators of Worsening Security in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is more dangerous than it has ever been during this war, with security deteriorating in recent months, according to international organizations and humanitarian groups. Related Article »
#nytg-nav #nytg-slider { width: 215px; }#sliderCol { width: 130px; }.ui-slider { width: 100px; }table#nytg-tickMarkTable { width: 102px; } Areas where travel
is dangerous
This series of United Nations maps shows how more and more of Afghanistan has become unsafe for international workers to visit. Today, there are districts deemed too dangerous in all but one of the country’s 34 provinces, according to published U.N. estimates. The U.N. has not released the most recent security maps from this summer, but those who have seen them say that the high and extreme risk areas have spread to the northern provinces.
Attacks by
insurgents
The number of insurgent attacks has increased significantly in the past year. As American and NATO forces surged in the south, the Taliban responded with a surge of their own in the north and parts of the east.
U.N. assessment ofthe safety of travel in
different parts of the country
Extreme risk, hostile areas
High risk, volatile areas
Medium risk
Data indicating medium-risk areas are not available for 2003 and 2005.
Herat
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Kabul
Jalalabad
Gardez
Qalat
Kandahar
Lashkar Gah
2003
2010
2010
January
Number of insurgent attacks each month.2008
2009
2010
Insurgents attacks in each province in the first six months of each year.
10
100
400
800
By Joe Burgess, Rod Nordland, Haeyoun Park and Archie Tse/The New York Times | Send Feedback
Sources: United Nations (travel areas); Afghan N.G.O. Safety Office (insurgent attacks)