Regional Overview: South Asia and Afghanistan
9-15 July 2022

Last week in South Asia and Afghanistan, Taliban forces clashed with the Islamic State (IS) and the National Resistance Front (NRF) as armed groups targeted civilians from different Muslim groups. In Pakistan, Baloch separatists clashed with state forces, and unidentified militants targeted civilians, in Balochistan province; meanwhile, IS and unidentified armed groups engaged in remote violence and clashed with state forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.…