The UN Security Council on August 7 condemned a suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, Swat District, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, calling it a 'heinous and cowardly' act of terrorism; the Aug 2 attack killed at least 16 people, most of them civilians, and wounded dozens more; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility; Pakistan briefed the council that multiple militant groups continue to operate from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan
At least 82 people died across northeastern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in heavy monsoon rains on July 23, with 43 of the deaths in India's Assam state alone, where more than 9 lakh (900,000) people are affected across multiple districts; rescue operations are ongoing as rivers including the Brahmaputra flow above danger levels
The world's dominant synthetic stimulant, manufactured industrially in Myanmar, Mexico, and Afghanistan, funding armed groups and reaching record seizure volumes as the global drug economy pivots away from cropland.
Pakistan's simultaneous Islamist TTP and Baloch BLA insurgencies killed 3,400-plus in 2025, threatening nuclear-state stability and Chinese CPEC infrastructure across Balochistan.
Islamabad claims 29 militants killed in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar; Kabul calls it a cowardly act; the raids follow a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar attack on Karachi's Rangers headquarters
Taliban opium ban coincides with a meth surge; East and Southeast Asia logged a record 236 tonnes seized as Shan State super-labs run flat out
June 28-29 strikes on Paktia, Paktika and Kunar killed a Taliban-claimed 36 civilians; Islamabad counts 29 militants; both sides summoned diplomats and the UN documented civilian deaths
Pakistan bombed Kabul and Kandahar in February 2026 and launched further strikes into June; Afghanistan responded with drone strikes on Pakistan in late June, with no ceasefire in place as of July 2026