With Afghanistan due to hold a presidential election next year, pressure is growing on the United States and NATO to contain the insurgency so the U.S.-backed government of Prime Minister Hamid Karzai and the United Nations can proceed with the complex balloting preparations.
Several new reports by nongovernmental groups have found that insurgent violence has surged in the first months of this year to a level as high as or higher than it was during the same period last year.
"The data demonstrates a solid escalation of conflict within the first three months of the year as well as a substantial growth over the same period last year," says a study by the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, a group funded by the European Commission that charts security trends for nongovernmental organizations, such as aid organizations.
There were 704 insurgent attacks from January through March this year, compared with 424 during the first three months of 2007, the report says. At least 463 civilians have been killed in the first quarter of this year, according to the report, compared with 264 in the first quarter of last year.
Several U.S. officials, who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly, said that classified U.S. data corroborate the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office analysis.
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