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Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 41 eventsP of organized violence in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 204P. The low estimate is 180 and the high estimate is 284P. UCDP counts 16P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 38 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 31 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is up 32 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan, May 2026 has the 21st highest count of events. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan holds 42 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Pakistan in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 30 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Pakistan, May 2026.

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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Pakistan has each event.

Table 1. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, May 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (7 of 41 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
9 May 2026Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; IMPState-based161630
14 May 2026Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based241853
19 May 2026North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based222222
20 May 2026Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceJamaat-ul-Ahrar; TTPNon-state201922
21 May 2026North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based14426
23 May 2026Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; IMPState-based292929
23 May 2026North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based111111

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Afghanistan1P0P
Government of Pakistan32P177P
IMP3P50P
IS11P11P
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar1P20P
TTP26P143P

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.

All months

Table 3. 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.

Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: all figures

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ConflictStats. Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/khyber-pakhtunkwa-province/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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