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Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Khyber Pakhtunkwa province

UCDP recorded 69 eventsP of organized violence in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 299P. The low estimate is 295 and the high estimate is 314P. The count for August 2026 was 76 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 675 eventsP in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 2,625P. The low estimate is 2,518 and the high estimate is 2,909P. UCDP counts 209P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 5 regions of Pakistan with a page, Khyber Pakhtunkwa province has the highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province holds 50 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Pakistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 547 events in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 675P, which is up 23 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Pakistan as a whole went from 1,035 to 1,356P, which is up 31 percent. For the events in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Pakistan.

Table 1. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events6976675
Estimated deaths, best estimate2992802,625
Low estimate of deaths2952802,518
High estimate of deaths3142872,909
Deaths of civilians2522209

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

050100Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 675 events with 2,625 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
BRAS413
Government of Afghanistan27P102P
Government of Pakistan572P2,486P
IMP31P230P
IS52P84P
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar4P29P
Lashkar of Orakzai2P5P
Lashkar-e-Taiba1P1P
TTP569P2,221P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Bajaur district49P164P
Bannu district118P409P
Dera Ismail Khan district56P177P
Hangu district23P115P
Khyber district49P199P
Kurram district34P179P
Lakki Marwat district58P136P
Lower South Waziristan district29P53P
North Waziristan78P532P
Tank district38P109P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict578P86%
Non-state conflict9P1%
One-sided violence against civilians88P13%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202669P299PCandidate Events
August 202676P280PCandidate Events
July 202674P256PCandidate Events
June 202677P234PCandidate Events
May 202641P204PCandidate Events
April 202638P155PCandidate Events
March 202653P120PCandidate Events
February 202650P185PCandidate Events
January 202638P103PCandidate Events
December 202543170GED
November 202563266GED
October 202553353GED
September 202552284GED
August 202553125GED
July 202551141GED
June 202535110GED
May 20253187GED
April 202543175GED
March 202551217GED
February 202543181GED
January 202550185GED
December 202444190GED
November 202444265GED
October 202450138GED
September 202443130GED
August 202439120GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/khyber-pakhtunkwa-province/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 69 eventsP of organized violence in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 76 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 2,625P. The low estimate is 2,518 and the high estimate is 2,909P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.