Senior General Min Aung Hlaing took office as president on April 10 after winning a vote in a pro-military parliament, with representatives from China, India, Thailand and 20 other countries attending the inauguration ceremony. The UN estimates more than 96,000 people have been killed and at least 3.6 million displaced since the 2021 coup he led.

President Ismail Omar Guelleh secured 97.81 percent of votes cast on April 10, extending his 27-year rule after a 2025 constitutional amendment removed the age limit of 75 that would have barred him from a sixth term. His sole opponent received just 2.19 percent of votes.

A Pakistani airstrike on March 16 struck a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, and warplanes have targeted locations across eleven Afghan provinces throughout March in clashes along the disputed Durand Line. The strikes represent a dramatic escalation beyond border areas into what some describe as open war between the two countries.

The Institute of Peace and Development documented 35 massacres between January and March 2026, the highest quarterly total in ten years. The violence continues despite ongoing peace efforts with armed groups across the country.