Violence in Iraq and Afghanistan- Pre and Post “Surge”: PART VI

Key Finding #6
The overall trend of violence in Iraq has been moving gradually east towards the Iranian border. In Afghanistan, more recent violence has been occurring in the southeast and northeast portions of the country. The map below shows which parts of Iraq and Afghanistan have seen the greatest increases in IED fatalities during the post-surge period. Polygon heights indicate the absolute changes in IED fatalities by province for each country and the colors indicate the direction of change, i.e. yellow shows decreases and red shows increases. Changes are measured between two periods, the first being April, 2007 to September, 2007 and the second being October, 2007 to March, 2008.

Attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan (Oct 07 – March 08) on Finder!

Figure 15: Absolute Change in IED Attacks, Post-Surge The map illustrates the shift in violence (measured in IED fatalities) from west to east in Iraq and in the south and northeast in Afghanistan. Also highlighted is the decrease in violence in most Iraqi provinces while there is an increase in violence for a large share of Afghan provinces.