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Figure 1: Average Daily Reported Enemy-Initiated Attacks by Type in Afghanistan, May 2003 to August
2009Number of average daily attacks per month
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Average daily attacks on International Security Assistance Force and coalition forces
Average daily attacks on civilians
- - - Average daily attacks on Afghan National Security Forces
..... Total average daily attacks
Source: GAO analysis of DOD data.
Note: Data on attacks against civilians include attacks against Afghan nationals and other civilians, U.S. and non-U.S.
contractors, nongovernmental organizations, and Afghan government personnel. Data on attacks against the International
Security Assistance Force and coalition forces include attacks against U.S. and International Security Assistance Force
military personnel.
Although never reaching the highest level of attacks in Iraq, the number of attacks
in Afghanistan surpassed those in Iraq for the first time in July 2008 and has
continued to exceed levels in Iraq in recent months (see fig. 2)."
6According to Defense Intelligence Agency officials, attack data in figures 1 and 2 do not include violent
incidents that coalition or Afghan security forces initiated, but represent a reliable and consistent source of
information that can be used to identify trends in enemy activity and the overall security situation.GAO-10-178R Afghanistan's Security Environment
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