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The following is a list of ongoing political conflicts that are taking place around the world and which continue to result in violent deaths. This list is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. Fatality figures include both civilian and military deaths. Political conflicts which no longer produce violent deaths are not listed here, but can be found in the historical list of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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[edit] 1000+ deaths per year

Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program[1] and recognised by the United Nations[2][3]. The UN also use the term "low intensity conflict", which can overlap with the 1000 violent deaths per year categorization.[4]

Start of Conflict War/Conflict Location Cumulative fatalities
1967 Naxalite-Maoist insurgency  India 10,500+ (1,100 in 2009)[5]
1978 Civil War in Afghanistan (5th Phase)  Afghanistan 600,000-2,000,000
1991 Somali Civil War (5th Phase)  Somalia 300,000[6] –400,000[7]
2003 Civil war in Iraq  Iraq ~100,000-1,000,000
2004 War in North-West Pakistan  Pakistan 30,452[8]
2006 Mexican Drug War  Mexico More than 28,000[9]
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts  Sudan ~2,500

[edit] Other conflicts

There are many other smaller-scale armed conflicts that are currently causing a smaller number of violent fatalities each year.

Start of Conflict War/Conflict Location Cumulative fatalities
1948 Internal conflict in Burma  Myanmar ~ 70,000
1948 Arab-Israeli Conflict  Israel and  Palestine 90,000[10][11]
1964 Colombian Armed Conflict  Colombia 50,000 – 200,000 [12]
1964 Insurgency in Northeast India  India ~ 25,000 [13]
1969 Papua Conflict  Indonesia 75,000 - 100,000
1969[14] Communist & Islamic Insurgency[15]  Philippines ~120,000 [16]
1978 Turkey–Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict  Turkey 45,000[17]
1989 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir  India ~60,000
1995 Insurgency in Ogaden  Ethiopia ~3,000
1999 Crab wars  North Korea and  South Korea ~100
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb  Algeria,  Mali,  Mauritania and  Morocco 6000+
2004 Balochistan conflict  Iran and  Pakistan 7,000+
2004 Iran–Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan conflict  Iran 150-300
2004 South Thailand insurgency  Thailand ~3,000
2005 Fourth Civil War of Chad  Chad 1,140+
2008 Cambodian–Thai border stand-off  Cambodia and  Thailand 11-93
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus  Russia ~900
2009 South Yemen Insurgency  Yemen 120+
2010 Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown  Yemen 170+

[edit] See also

Lists of wars by date

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Definitions". http://www.pcr.uu.se/database/definitions_all.htm#inten. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  2. ^ "The World at War". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/index.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
  3. ^ "Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups, A Manual & Guidelines for Practitioners". http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitariannegotiations/Chapter1-2.htm#FNfour. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  4. ^ "UN peacekeeping chief says Darfur `a low-intensity conflict' with 150 deaths a month". http://www.startribune.com/nation/43815017.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUUr. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  5. ^ "India's Maoists offer ceasefire". BBC News. 2010-02-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8529124.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  6. ^ Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides
  7. ^ Hundreds of thousands killed in years of war, says new president
  8. ^ http://www.vamban.com/global-war-on-terror-claims-30000-pakistani-casualties/
  9. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10860614
  10. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=N3LfkrrNM4QC&pg=PA215&dq=arab-israeli+fatalities&hl=en#v=onepage&q=arab-israeli%20fatalities&f=false]
  11. ^ Estimate Israel casualties of war
  12. ^ http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Colombia.html#Deaths
  13. ^ http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/dpe/modern_conflicts/death_tolls.pdf
  14. ^ This is disputed as some roots of the conflict originate back in the early 1900's
  15. ^ Guide to the Philippines conflict BBC
  16. ^ The Mindanao Conflict in the Philippines: Roots, Costs, and Potential Peace Dividend
  17. ^ http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=132402&sectionid=351020204

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