The findings show that 166 security incidents, including magnetic IED blasts, roadside kaboom blasts, assassinations and Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...offensives, occurred in Afghanistan in February.
The data shows that the February casualties are slightly less than what was reported by TOLOnews in January.
This comes as the fate of the grinding of the peace processor is uncertain and concerns over the coming spring "fighting season" are elevated.
TOLOnews' data was confirmed by independent sources to prepare this report.
In January, TOLOnews findings indicated that 271 people were killed and 347 others were maimed in the country in January.
According to the findings, most of the security incidents were due to magnetic IED blasts and assassinations in big cities, including Kabul, Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, Kandahar and Faryab.
Despite a decrease in magnetic IED blasts and assassinations in the last two weeks, reports indicate that the fighting might increase with the arrival of the spring season.
Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats Chumbaloni was staring into a hole that was just .45 inch in diameter and was less than three feet from his heavily sweating face ...
Afghan Republic negotiator Nader Nadery says that 1,523 civilians, including civil society activists, have been killed in the country following the Doha agreement.