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Eastern Afghanistan: A Tale of Two Provinces
25 January 2019
In this infographic, ACLED Middle East Research Manager Tom Hart tracks different patterns of violence in Afghanistan’s Ghazni and Nangarhar provinces. Find an explanation of ACLED’s methodology for monitoring the conflict in Afghanistan here. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Read MoreACLED 2018: The Year in Review
11 January 2019
ACLED is pleased to release our 2018 annual report surveying disorder patterns over the past year – ACLED 2018: The Year in Review. Access the full report by ACLED Research Director Dr. Roudabeh Kishi and Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik here. Veuillez trouver ici la version française du sommaire. .بإمكانك الحصول على الملخص باللغة العربية هنا Executive Summary Disorder…
Read MoreFighting Bullets with Ballots: Afghanistan’s Chaotic Election
26 October 2018
On October 20, 2018, millions of Afghans voted in the first parliamentary election since 2010, electing members to the Wolesi Jirga, or House of the People. Parliamentary term limits are currently set at five years, meaning that under ideal circumstances an election would have taken place at some point in 2015. However, a myriad of…
Read MorePolitics as Usual: Why Afghanistan’s Prospects For Peace Remain Low
20 September 2018
With this infographic, ACLED Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik argues that recent developments in Afghanistan do little fundamentally change the country’s conflict environment. Find an explanation of ACLED’s methodology for monitoring the conflict in Afghanistan here.
Read MoreRegional 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 MoreSpecial Focus on Coalition Forces in the Middle East: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Forces in Afghanistan
31 July 2018
On October 7, 2001, the United States (US), supported by the United Kingdom, invaded Afghanistan with the stated aims of dismantling al-Qaeda and denying it a safe haven by overthrowing the Taliban government in Kabul (ABC News, August 21, 2017). After the fall of the Taliban government, the force was formalized into the NATO-led International…
Read MoreSpecial Focus on Coalition Forces in the Middle East
31 July 2018
In today’s world, external actors are more often intervening in conflicts globally; more domestic armed conflicts have involved external states’ direct intervention in recent years than in any year since the end of World War II. This is especially the case in the Middle East, in which this internationalization is how foreign military power is…
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
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