List of ongoing conflicts

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For recent conflicts that are no longer significantly ongoing, see List of wars 2003–current.

Major wars - 1000+ deaths per year Other conflicts

The following is a list of ongoing 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. 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.

[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
1920^[5]	Arab-Israeli Conflict	Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, & Syria	50,000 (1950-2006)^[6] - 90,000 (1945-1995)^[7]
1991	Somali Civil War	Somalia	300,000^[8] - 400,000^[9]
1978	Afghan Civil War	Afghanistan	1,500,000–2,000,000
2003	War in Darfur	Sudan	450,000 (+/-)
2003	Iraq War	Iraq	~500,000 - +1,500,000^[10] (see: Casualties of the Iraq War)
2004	Kivu conflict	Democratic Republic of Congo	~3,800,000 (including previous conflicts)^[11]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Pakistan	~13,900
2006	Mexican Drug War	Mexico	10,475^[12]

[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
1964	Colombian Civil War	Colombia	50,000 - 200,000 ^[13]
1969	Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines^[14]	Philippines	~120,000 ^[15]
1978	Turkey–Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict	Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan	~40,000^[16]
1989	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	India	~60,000
1967	Naxalite-Maoist insurgency	India	~6,000
2004	Balochistan conflict	Balochistan and Pakistan	~9,000^[17]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Nigeria	unknown
2005	Fourth Civil War of Chad	Chad	~1,400^{[citation needed]}