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Pakistan Armed conflict worsening 13 October 2026

Pakistan: 492 political violence events in 2026-08, above the 90th percentile of the previous 24 months (381) (ACLED)

Political violence events per month (count)

According to ACLED's Open-tier monthly aggregates published via HDX, as of 2 October 2026, Pakistan recorded 492 political violence events in August 2026, with 670 reported fatalities. This total exceeds 381, the 90th percentile of the country's monthly event counts over the previous 24 months. In the same month, ACLED recorded 188 events involving civilian targeting, with 113 civilian fatalities.

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How this fired

RuleACLED political violence events against the previous two years
Period2026-08
Metricpv_events
Value in the month492
90th percentile of that history380.7
Months of history compared24
Political violence events492
Reported fatalities670
Civilian targeting events188
Civilians reported killed113
Judged againstthe 90th percentile of the country's own record over the previous 24 months, 380.7; at least 20 events or 10 civilians killed. Fired on: history_percentile.
Detected13 October 2026, run 19

Evidence

ACLED, Open-tier monthly aggregates via HDX, as of 2026-10-02 Country page All alerts for Pakistan JSON
key acled_pv_events:PAK:2026-08