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List of Ongoing Wars

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Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1,000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and recognised by the United Nations. The UN also use the term "low intensity conflict," which can overlap with the 1,000 violent deaths per year categorisation.

Start of conflict War/conflict Location Cumulative fatalities Fatalities in 2010/11
1964 Colombian Armed Conflict Colombia 7005150000000000000 150,000–200,000 1,000+
1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency India ~11,200 1,174+
1978 Afghan Civil war Afghanistan 600,000–2,000,000 10,461+
1991 Somali Civil War Somalia 300,000–400,000 2,318+
2004 War in North-West Pakistan Pakistan 30,452 7,435
2004 Shia Insurgency in Yemen Yemen and Saudi Arabia 25,000 8,000
2006 Mexican Drug War Mexico 39,392+ 24,374
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Sudan 2,000–2,500 708
2011 Sudan–SPLM-N conflict Sudan 1,500+ 1,500+
2011 Syrian civil war Syria 3,000+ 3,000+

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