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attacks in 14 provinces from April 18 to April 24.
At least 70 others have been maimed and more than 10 security force members are missing, according to the sources.
Analysts say the increase in violence is a result of uncertainty and delays in the grinding of the peace processor as well as the arrival of the spring fighting season.
The provinces of Badghis, Kunduz, Takhar, Nimroz, Faryab, Maidan Wardak, Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
, Pashtun-infested Logar, Samangan, Uruzgan, Balkh, Ghazni, Kandahar and Zabul witnessed attacks by the Taliban in last seven days.
The following data was collected by TOLOnews in last seven days:
Badghis — 15 killed, 6 maimed
Kunduz — 5 killed, 2 maimed
Takhar — 19 killed, 5 maimed
Nimroz — 6 killed, 5 maimed
Maidan Wardak — 3 killed
Sar-e-Pul — 11 killed, 24 maimed
Pashtun-infested Logar — 8 killed, 3 maimed
Samangan — 2 killed
Uruzgan — 9 killed, 2 maimed
Balkh — 9 killed, 5 maimed
Ghazni — one killed, 4 maimed
Kandahar — 4 killed, seven maimed
Zabul — one killed
Kunduz — 5 killed, 2 maimed
Takhar — 19 killed, 5 maimed
Nimroz — 6 killed, 5 maimed
Maidan Wardak — 3 killed
Sar-e-Pul — 11 killed, 24 maimed
Pashtun-infested Logar — 8 killed, 3 maimed
Samangan — 2 killed
Uruzgan — 9 killed, 2 maimed
Balkh — 9 killed, 5 maimed
Ghazni — one killed, 4 maimed
Kandahar — 4 killed, seven maimed
Zabul — one killed
The last attack was on Thursday evening in the western province of Badghis during which 13 members of the public uprising forces were killed, according to a member of the provincial council, who said 10 other forces are missing.
The public uprising forces are operating under the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
"We are concerned about security. Our champion soldiers have been sacrificed for political tensions," said Atta Jan Haq Bayan, head of the Zabul provincial council, referring to the ongoing political rift between Afghan politicians over the nation's leadership.
Takhar province, in northwestern Afghanistan, has witnessed 13 attacks by the Taliban so far this month, according to security officials, who said 30 security force members and six non-combatants were killed in these attacks while 50 soldiers have been maimed.
"Taliban usually use people’s houses as a shield," said Khalil Asir, a front man for the Takhar police.
The Ministry of Defense confirmed the high casualties sustained by the security forces in recent weeks. Without providing a number, the MoD said the Taliban has also suffered a high corpse count during this period.
"The Taliban has conducted their attacks in different parts of the country over the last week and they have been responded to by the security and defense forces of Afghanistan within the framework of the 'active defense' mode, in which heavy casualties have been imposed by the enemy," said Rohullah Ahmadzai, the Defense Ministry’s front man.
This comes as the Taliban on Thursday rejected a call by President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
for ceasefire during the month of Ramadhan.