MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM

AFGHANISTAN
INCIDENTS
1,591
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
1,869
GTI RANK 2
GTI SCORE 9.233
DEAD
INCREASE IN DEATHS
SINCE 2000
4,505
INJURED
2014
4,699
ATTACKS BY TARGET
Police
Private citizens & property
Government (general)
Military, militia or terrorist groups
Other
2000
+4,467
DEATHS BY GROUP
Taliban
Unknown
Other
WORST ATTACK
The Taliban attacked the
Afghan Border Police which led
to 70 deaths and 50 injuries.
MAJOR ATTACK
Terrorism continues to increase in Afghanistan, with 38 per
cent more terrorist attacks and 45 per cent more fatalities in
2014 than in 2013. The Taliban was responsible for the
majority of these attacks and casualties.
The Taliban remains one of the most deadly terrorist groups in
the world. In 2012, 2013 and 2014 it was responsible for around
75 per cent of all terrorist fatalities in Afghanistan. The
deadliness of attacks increased in 2014 with the Taliban killing
3.9 people per attack, over 200 per cent higher than 2013.
In 2014 there were terrorist acts in 515 different cities in
Afghanistan clearly highlighting the breadth of terrorism
across the country. However, the areas of the country where
terrorism is most intense are within 100 miles of the border
with Pakistan. This is in both the south and east regions of
the country with around ten per cent of attacks having
occurred in the Helmand Province in the south. The
Nangarhar Province in the east experienced eight per cent of
attacks and the two largest cities, Kabul and Kandahar both
received seven per cent of the attacks.
In contrast, when private citizens are the target there is an
average of 2.9 deaths per attack.
The number of people killed in an educational institution fell
substantially to 13 with 34 injuries. This compares to 21
deaths and 198 injuries in the prior year. In 2013 the Taliban
conducted at least seven attacks targeting girls attending
school, mostly in the north, resulting in over 160 casualties.
Suicide attacks account for ten per cent of all attacks; however,
they are more lethal accounting for 18 per cent of all deaths
and 32 per cent of all injuries. For every suicide attack there is
on average five deaths and nine injuries. The majority of these
attacks are bombings, constituting 93 per cent of all suicide
attacks. The remaining suicide attacks were assassinations
mainly targeting the police and hostage taking. Targets have
included the United States aid organisation named Roots of
Peace, the Independent Election Commission, the New Kabul
Bank where soldiers were collecting salaries and an NGO called
Partnership in Academics and Development.
Police are the main target of terrorism with 38 per cent of
attacks against police. These attacks are among the most
lethal with an average of 3.7 people killed per attack.
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