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Afghanistan–Pakistan border conflict
	Part of Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan
	; The Durand Line (Red line) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Date	24 December 2021 – present (2 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Eastern and Southern Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, along the international border (Durand Line)
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Afghanistan	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada; Hasan Akhund; Qari Fasihuddin	Asif Ali Zardari; Shehbaz Sharif; General Asim Munir; Zaheer Ahmad Babar; Arif Alvi; Imran Khan; General Qamar Bajwa
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan army;	Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army XI Corps; ; Pakistan Air Force; Frontier Corps; Inter-Services Intelligence;
Casualties and losses
Afghanistan:; 131 soldiers killed; 144+ soldiers wounded; 3 T-62s destroyed; 26+ border posts and camps destroyed; ; (as of 30 September 2024)	Pakistan:; 5 soldiers killed; 27+ soldiers wounded; ; (as of 30 September 2024)
	10 civilians killed, 55 civilians wounded; 2 civilians killed, 4 civilians wounded; (as of 30 September 2024)

Operation Azm-e-Istehkam
	Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Insurgency in Balochistan, Counter-Terrorism in Pakistan and the War on Terror
Date	22 June 2024 – present; (4 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Pakistan
Result	Ongoing
Belligerents
Pakistan;	Jihadist groups; Baloch separatist groups; Liwa Zainebiyoun; Supported by:; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Shehbaz Sharif; Asim Munir	Noor Wali Mehsud Bashir Zeb; Nazar Baloch
Units involved
Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army; Pakistan Air Force; Pakistan Navy; ; Civil Armed Forces Pakistan Levies; Frontier Corps; Pakistan Rangers; Pakistan Coast Guards; Gilgit Baltistan Scouts; Frontier Constabulary; ; Pakistan Police Counter Terrorism Department; Balochistan Levies; ; Pakistani Intelligence community NACTA; ISI; IB; MI; FIA; FIU; SB; ;	Jihadist groups Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Turkestan Islamic Party; al-Qaeda; Haqqani network; Baloch Separatist groups Baloch Liberation Army; Baloch Liberation Front; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban;
Strength
700,000 security personnel including intelligence and law-enforcement personnel	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Frontier Corps: 66 killed; Police: 47 killed; Army: 28 killed; Levies: 8 killed; CTD: 4 killed; IB: 1 killed; Total killed: 154; (as of 30 September 2024)	TTP: 454 killed; BLA: 82 killed; Taliban: 71 killed; BLF: 10 killed; Liwa Zainebiyoun: 2 killed; Total killed: 619; (as of 30 September 2024)
	298 civilians killed (as of 30 September 2024)

Pakistan's war on terror
	Part of the war on terror and the spillover of the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
	; Clockwise from top-left:; Pakistani soldiers overlooking the Swat valley from the highest point after successfully defeating the Taliban during Operation Black Thunderstorm in 2009; Pakistani soldier taking combat position; Pakistan Air Force F-16s, which along with other fighters were extensively used to target Taliban hideouts and positions throughout the war; Pakistani C-130E Hercules, which were used for airborne operations; Pakistani soldier inspecting a militant hideout in Swat during the Second Battle of Swat in 2009; Marriott Hotel in Islamabad following a terrorist attack in 2008; Pakistani soldiers carrying out clearance operations in Mir Ali, North Waziristan during Operation Zarb-e-Azb in 2014
Date	Official: 16 March 2004 – present (20 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 4 days); Incidents since: 1 January 2000 – present (24 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Pakistan (with occasional spillovers in Afghanistan and Iran)
Status	Ongoing First phase (2004-2017): Beginning of war Battle of Wanna (2004); Operation al-Mizan (2002-2006); Waziristan Accord (short-lived peace agreement in North Waziristan, 2006); Siege of Lal Masjid (2007); Battle of Mir Ali (2007); First Battle of Swat (2007); Operation Zalzala (2008); Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (2008); Battle of Bajaur (2008-2009); Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 (failed peace agreement); Operation Black Thunderstorm (2009); Second Battle of Swat (2009); Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2009); 2009 Khyber Pass offensive; Operation Janbaz (2009); Mohmand offensive (2009-2013); Orakzai and Kurram offensive (2010-2011); Killing of Osama bin Laden (2011); Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (2011); Operation Rah-e-Shahadat (2013); Operation Zarb-e-Azb (2014-2017); Operation Khyber (2014-2017); ; Second phase (2017-present): Beginning of nationwide large-scale counter-insurgency operations Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad (2017-present); 2600 Kilometer Afghanistan-Pakistan border barrier fenced as of 2023; Large number of insurgents killed while some fled to Afghanistan; Heavy insurgent losses and substantial reduction in insurgent activity; Tribal areas merged into Pakistan, tribal law abolished and writ of constitution established as of 2018; End of drone strikes conducted by the United States in Pakistan; Jundallah, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan join ISIL; Jamaat-ul-Ahrar rejoins TTP; 2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan; Intermittent series of multilateral talks underway with groups; New wave of terrorism engulfed Pakistan since Fall of Kabul 2021.; 2022 ceasefire ends; 2023 Kurram Parachinar conflict; Deportation of 1.1 million foreigners illegally residing in Pakistan; 2024 Pakistan-Afghanistan skirmishes; Operation Azm-e-Istehkam launched in June 2024; ;
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army; Pakistan Air Force; Pakistan Navy; ; Civil Armed Forces Frontier Corps; Frontier Constabulary; Pakistan Rangers; ; Pakistani Intelligence Community Inter-Services Intelligence; Intelligence Bureau; ; Pakistan Police Counter Terrorism Department; ; United States (until 2018); (see Drone strikes in Pakistan)	Taliban-aligned insurgent groups: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (since 2020); Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi; Lashkar-e-Islam; ; Al-Qaeda; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Jundallah (until 2014); Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015); Turkistan Islamic Party; ISIL-aligned groups: Islamic State – Khorasan Province Jundallah (since 2014); Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015); Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (until 2020); Tehreek-e-Khilafat (since 2014); ; Baloch separatist insurgent groups: Balochistan Liberation Army; Balochistan Liberation Front; Baloch Nationalist Army (2022–2023) Baloch Republican Army (2006–2022); (2022–2023 as part of BNA); United Baloch Army (2006–2022); (2022–2023 as part of BNA); BSO (Azad) (inactive); Lashkar-e-Balochistan (inactive); Balochistan Liberation United Front (inactive); ; Sindhi separatist insurgent groups: Sindhudesh Liberation Army; Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army; Sectarian groups: Sipah-e-Sahaba; Supported by:; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (since 2021) (alleged) Taliban; Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (until 2021) (alleged) India (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Arif Alvi (2018-present); Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (2023-present); Asim Munir (2022-present); ; Former presidents; Mamnoon Hussain (2013–2018); Asif Ali Zardari (2008–2013); Pervez Musharraf (until 2008); ; Former prime ministers; Shehbaz Sharif (2022–2023); Imran Khan (2018–2022); Nasirul Mulk (2018); Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (2017–2018); Nawaz Sharif (2013–2017); Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (2013); Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (2012–2013); Yusuf Raza Gilani (2008–2012); Muhammad Mian Soomro (2007–2008); Shaukat Aziz (2004–2007); Shujaat Hussain (2004); Zafarullah Khan Jamali (until 2004); ; Former military commanders; Qamar Javed Bajwa (COAS, 2016–2022); Raheel Sharif (COAS, 2013–2016); Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (COAS, 2007–2013); LtGen Masood Aslam; LtGen Tariq Khan; MajGen Sanaullah Khan Niazi †; LtGen Mushtaq Ahmed Baig †; MajGen Ameer Faisal Alavi †; Colonel Imam †; ACM Rao Qamar Suleman; Tahir Rafique Butt; ; Army Officers; Lt. Col. Haroon-ul-Islam †; Capt. Wali Wazir †; Capt. Akash Rabbani †; Capt. Saad Bin Amir †; Lt. Nasir Khalid †; Capt. Abdullah Zafar †; Capt. Muhammad Sabih †; Lt. Agha Muqadas † Donald Trump (2017–2018); Barack Obama (2009–2017); George W. Bush (until 2009)	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan; Noor Wali Mehsud; Maulana Fazlullah †; Khan Said 'Sajna' †; Adnan Rashid; Mangal Bagh †; Hakimullah Mehsud †; Abdullah Mehsud †; Baitullah Mehsud †; Maulvi Nazir †; Hafiz Gul Bahadur; Omar Khalid Khorasani †; Khalid Balti †; Azam Tariq †; Shahidullah Shahid †; Mullah Dadullah †; Wali-ur-Rehman †; Qari Hussain †; Faqir Mohammed (POW); Maulvi Omar (POW); Muslim Khan (POW); Hayatullah (POW); Shah Dauran †; Sher Muhammad Qusab †; Nek Muhammad Wazir †; Abdul Rashid Ghazi †; Sufi Muhammad (POW); ; al-Qaeda; Ayman al-Zawahiri †; Osama bin Laden †; Ilyas Kashmiri †; Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim †; Atiyah Abd al-Rahman †; Abu Laith al-Libi †; Abu Yahya al-Libi †; Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti †; Saeed al-Masri †; Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam †; Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan †; Sheikh Fateh †; Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah †; Asim Umar †; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (POW); Abu Faraj al-Libbi (POW); Ramzi bin al-Shibh (POW); Abu Zubaydah (POW); ; ETIM Group; Emeti Yakov †; Memetimin Memet (WIA) ISIL; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †; Hafiz Saeed Khan †; Abdul Rahman Ghaleb †; Abdul Rahum Muslim Dost (2014-2015); ; IMU Group; Usman Ghazi †; Tohir Yuldashev †; Najmiddin Jalolov †; Abu Usman Adil † Baloch separatist insurgent groups; Balach Marri †; Aslam Baloch, alias Achu †; Abdul Nabi Bangulzai †; Hyrbyair Marri; Allah Nazar Baloch; Brahumdagh Bugti; Haji Wali Kalati ; Mehran Marri; Javed Mengal; Gulzar Imam ; Sarfaraz Bangulzai
Strength
Pakistan; 345,000 Pakistani troops In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 200,000; In Balochistan: 145,000; Unknown no. of air squadrons of Navy and Pakistan Air Force fighter jets, including JF-17 and F-16 jets; ~80,000 Frontier Corps United States; UAV drones; CIA operatives; U.S. Special Operations Forces	~25,000 TTP militants; ~2,000 Lashkar-e-Islam militants; ~1,000 TNSM militants; 300–3,000 al-Qaeda militants ISIL Jundallah: 12,000–20,000 (disputed); IMU: 500–1,000; BLA: 6,000
Casualties and losses
Since 2000:; 8,770 soldiers and LEAs killed In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA: 5,653 killed; In Balochistan: 1,937 killed; In Sindh: 731 killed; In Punjab: 341 killed; In Islamabad: 65 killed; In Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan: 43 killed; 22 soldiers killed; 2 other NATO personnel killed	Since 2000:; 38,427 militants killed In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA: 33,606 killed; In Balochistan: 2,482 killed; In Sindh: 1,540 killed; In Punjab: 627 killed; In Islamabad: 130 killed; In Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan: 42 killed;
	25,821 civilians killed (since 2000); 7 ANDSF personnel killed; Since 2000: 73,049 killed overall (as of 30 September 2024)
	Over 3.44 million civilians displaced (2009); Over 6 million civilians displaced (2003–2019)

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May 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes

Part of Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan

The Durand Line (Red line) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Date	13 – 17 May 2024 (4 days)
Location	Along the Durand Line in Kurram, Bajaur, Paktia, Kunar and Khost
Result	Status quo ante bellum Both countries agree to de-escalate Afghanistan suffers heavy casualties Multiple Afghan border posts (including Turkamanzai camp) destroyed

Belligerents

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Hibatullah Akhundzada

Units involved

Afghan army

Pakistan Armed Forces

Casualties and losses

Afghanistan

45 killed
40+ injured

Pakistan

1 killed
7+ injured

2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes

Part of Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan

The Durand Line (Red line) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Date	16 – 31 March 2024
Location	North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Bannu, Bajaur, Dera Ismail Khan, Gwadar, Turbat, Shangla, Khost, Paktika, and along the Durand Line
Result	Status quo ante bellum Both countries agree to de-escalate The Pakistan Army continues to launch subsequent intelligence operations against militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces

Belligerents

Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban

BLA

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Hibatullah Akhundzada
Hasan Akhund
Qari Fasihuddin
Noor Wali Mehsud
Sehra alias Janan †
Abdullah Mehsud

Bashir Zeb

Units involved

Afghan army

Pakistani Taliban militants

Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group
Jaish-e-Fursan-e-Muhammad Group

BLA militants

Majeed brigades

Pakistan Armed Forces

Casualties and losses

1 soldier killed
64 militants killed

15 militants killed

Total: 80 killed

15 soldiers killed

5 policemen killed

10 civilians killed (including 5 Chinese nationals)

Mali War

Part of the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the war on terror

Military situation in Mali (2023). For a detailed map, see here.

Date	16 January 2012 – present (12 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Mali
Result	Ongoing

Belligerents

Mali
Russia (since 2021)

Wagner Group

France (2013–22)
Supported by:

ECOWAS

MINUSMA (2013–23)

Supported by:

Pro-government militias:
Ganda Iso
MAA-Loyaliste
MSA (2016–)
GATIA

Ethnic militias

Coordination of Azawad Movements
(CMA)

National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
(MNLA)
High Council for the Unity of Azawad
(HCUA)
MAA-CMA
GATIA (al-Mahmoud faction) (2023–)

Al-Qaeda and allies

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–)
Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17)
Ansar Dine (2012–17)
AQIM (2012–17)
MOJWA (2011–13)

Nigerian jihadist volunteers (2012–13)

Boko Haram (2012–13)
Ansaru (2012–13)

Islamic State

Islamic State – Sahel Province

Commanders and leaders

Assimi Goïta (2021–)
Choguel Kokalla Maïga (2021–)
Yevgeny Prigozhin X

ECOWAS

Patrice Talon (2016–)
Thomas Boni Yayi
Pascal Koupaki
Lionel Zinsou
Ibrahim Traoré (2022–)
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Michel Kafando
Chérif Sy
Gilbert Diendéré
Yacouba Isaac Zida
Honoré Traoré
Blaise Compaoré
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (2022–)
Albert Ouédraogo
Lassina Zerbo
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré
Paul Kaba Thieba
Luc-Adolphe Tiao
José Maria Neves (2021–)
Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Ulisses Correia e Silva (2016–)
Adama Barrow (2017–)
Yahya Jammeh
Nana Akufo-Addo (2017–)
John Mahama
John Atta Mills †
Mamady Doumbouya (2021–)
Alpha Condé
Bernard Goumou (2022–)
Mohamed Béavogui
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana
Mamady Youla
Mohamed Said Fofana
Umaro Sissoco Embaló (2020–)
José Mário Vaz
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
Mamadu Ture Kuruma
Raimundo Pereira
Malam Bacai Sanhá
Geraldo Martins (2023–)
Nuno Gomes Nabiam
Aristides Gomes
Faustino Imbali
Artur Silva
Baciro Djá
Carlos Correia
Domingos Simões Pereira
Rui Duarte de Barros
Adiato Djaló Nandigna
Carlos Gomes Júnior
Alassane Ouattara (2012–)
Patrick Achi (2021–)
Hamed Bakayoko †
Amadou Gon Coulibaly †
Daniel Kablan Duncan
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
George Weah (2018–)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Abdourahamane Tchiani (2023–)
Mohamed Bazoum
Mahamadou Issoufou
Ali Lamine Zeine (2023–)
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou
Brigi Rafini
Bola Tinubu (2023–)
Muhammadu Buhari
Goodluck Jonathan
Macky Sall (2012–)
Abdoulaye Wade
Amadou Ba (2022–)
Mahammed Dionne
Aminata Touré
Abdoul Mbaye
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Julius Maada Bio (2018–)
Ernest Bai Koroma
Faure Gnassingbé (2012–)
Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (2020–)
Komi Sélom Klassou
Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
Gilbert Houngbo
Bert Koenders

Mohamed Lamine Ould Sidatt (NLFA)

Housseine Khoulam (NLFA)

Bilal Ag Acherif

Mahmoud Ag Aghaly

Moussa Ag Acharatoumane

Mohamed Ag Najem
Algabass Ag Intalla (MIA)

Iyad Ag Ghaly

Mokhtar Belmokhtar †

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid †

Abdelmalek Droukdel †

Ahmed al-Tilemsi †

Omar Ould Hamaha †

Ba Ag Moussa †

Strength

6,000–7,000
(pre-war: ~12,150)
3,000
2,000
1,400 (2022)
1,216
1,200
733
650
500
500
500
500
450
400 (2021)
395
300
300
250
144
120
100
~50
Total: 23,564+

545 (EUTM)

Full list

207 (command)
73
59
40
33
31
20
14
14
10
10
8
7
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1

~500 (FLNA)

3,000

1,200–3,000

Boko Haram: 100
Ansar Dine: 300

Casualties and losses

2,750 killed
108 killed
77 killed
59 killed
17 killed
16 killed
16 killed
15 killed
13 killed
8 killed
7 killed
6 killed
4 killed
4 killed
2 killed
2 killed
1 killed
1 killed
1 killed
1 killed
1 killed
1 killed
1 killed
Total killed: 3,111

2,228 militiamen killed

Total killed: 5,339

834 killed

4,461 killed

1,910 killed

9,151 civilians killed
21,695 killed overall (as of 26 January 2024)

Displaced:
~144,000 refugees fled abroad
~230,000 internally displaced persons
Total: ≈374,000

Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso

Part of the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the spillover of the Mali War

Smoke rising from French Embassy in Ouagadougou, 2 March 2018, during the 2018 Ouagadougou attacks.

Date	23 August 2015 – present (9 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Burkina Faso
Status	Ongoing
Territorial changes	Around 40% of the country controlled by non-state forces

Belligerents

Burkina Faso

Armed Forces
Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland
Koglweogos (civilian militias)

France (until 2023)

Supported by:

Al-Qaeda

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin

Ansar Dine
Ansar ul Islam

Islamic State

Commanders and leaders

Roch Marc Christian Kabore (2015–2022)
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (January 2022–September 2022)
Ibrahim Traoré (September 2022-present)
David Kabre (2022–present)
Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo (2015–2022)
Emmanuel Macron (until 2023)

Casualties and losses

3,275 killed

1,683 soldiers, gendarmes and police personnel
1,592 VDPs and other militiamen

2 killed

Total killed: 3,277

7,317 killed

1,540 killed

8,405 civilians killed
20,539 killed overall (as of 26 January 2024)

2.06 million displaced

Anglophone Crisis

Part of the Anglophone problem

     Separatist presence
     Government presence
     Contested

Date	9 September 2017 – present (7 years, 2 months and 1 day)
Location	Northwest Region and Southwest Region (former Southern Cameroons), Cameroon (Spillover in Cameroon's Littoral Region and West Region and Nigeria's Cross River State)
Status	Ongoing