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The Border Campaign: Pakistan-India Border Violence and the Indian Elections
5 June 2019
ACLED Asia Researcher Timothy Lay examines the connection between the recent elections in India and violence at the Pakistan-India border. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Read MoreBlurring the Line of Control: How Indian Public Engagement has Shaped the Kashmir Conflict
27 February 2019
Early on 26 February, India fighter jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) dividing India and Pakistan, allegedly launching strikes on militant targets in Pakistan (The Economic Times, 26 February 2019).[1] The attack came 12 days after a suicide attack in the Kashmir’s Pulwama district reportedly killed dozens of Indian paramilitary troopers. In order to…
Read MoreBorderline: Foreign Support and Spillover Conflicts in Iran’s Volatile Border Zones
2 November 2018
ACLED Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik explores the trends that have turned Iran’s borders into the country’s most dangerous areas in this new infographic.
Read MoreCulling the Competition: Electoral Violence in Pakistan
12 October 2018
Five years after the violent elections of 2013, general elections were held again in Pakistan on 25 July 2018. The election process itself was tainted with less violence and less interference from militants like the Pakistani Taliban (for more on this, see this past ACLED piece). However, with 30 seats at the national and provincial…
Read MorePolitical Peril in Pakistan: Comparing Levels of Violence in the 2013 and 2018 General Elections
3 August 2018
On July 25, 2018, Pakistan held its first general election in five years. With the 2013 election described as one of the “bloodiest” in Pakistan’s history (BBC News, May 2, 2013), the 2018 election seems to have followed the trend following high-casualty attacks carried out by the Islamic State and a number of reports of…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Elections
- Political Stability
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Regional Overview – Asia 30 June 2018
31 July 2018
Demonstrations dominated the headlines across much of South & Southeast Asia last week, with several of the most notable focusing on demands for changes in government policy in India and Nepal. The Pakistani government also held its 2018 general election last week, which was marred by violence both by those inside and outside the political…
Read MoreRegional Overview – Asia 23 June 2018
25 July 2018
Overall levels of political violence and protest events in South and southeast Asia dropped last week compared to the previous week. Key events in Asia last week included intense fighting between the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, ongoing election violence in Pakistan, a sharp spike in drug-related killings in the Philippines, and continuing…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Regional Overview – Asia 17 July 2018
17 July 2018
Last week was marked by a surge in reported fatalities in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as the start of the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference amidst a spike in violence in Myanmar. In Afghanistan, highly lethal engagements between state forces and the Taliban reportedly left at least 40 soldiers…
Read MoreRegional Overview – Asia 9 July 2018
10 July 2018
Last week in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber reportedly killed and wounded around 40 people in Jalalabad. Most of the victims belong to Afghanistan’s Sikh and Hindu minority groups and included the only Sikh electoral candidate in the upcoming general election. Additionally, the arrest of a district militia leader and close aide of Vice President Dostum…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Regional Overview – Asia 02 July 2018
3 July 2018
Last week was marked by major protests in Afghanistan, ongoing election turmoil in Pakistan, and militant violence in Indonesia. In Afghanistan, following the end of the ceasefire, levels of political violence further increased by 20% compared to the previous week, which is a total hike of over 78% compared to the week of the ceasefire.…
- Analysis
- Asia
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Focus On Militias
- Political Stability
- Remote Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
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