Pakistan

How Swat Valley went from basket case to on the mend.

Wuhan faces quarantine as coronavirus spreads, Imran Khan discusses China, and Trump picks up Ukraine conspiracy theory.

Female health workers and religious leaders are driving up the country’s dangerously low vaccination rates.

An interview with Pakistan’s prime minister.

Iran divides and disrupts in the Middle East, but it has a different playbook in Pakistan.

Two crises dominated South Asia in 2019, and each one stands to get worse next year.

Pakistani officials struggle to balance a difficult program against a vital alliance.

The region exploded onto the front page in 2019. In 2020, the stories could get far grimmer.

From being jailed for throwing stones to joining terrorist groups, the history of radicalization in Kashmir shows that the region won’t stay quiet for long.

Since India revoked Kashmiri autonomy in August, local villagers have been living in fear amid cross-border gunfire and unexploded shells.

As China’s presence in Pakistan grows, the countries’ special relationship could be strained.

With the repeal of Article 370, India has opened the way for fierce competition over scarce government jobs.

India’s ruling party has long promised justice for Kashmiri Hindus who were forced out of their homes in 1990. But a continuing lockdown is only creating a deeper wedge between Hindus and Muslims.

Most South Asians are too young to have experienced the horrors of the conflicts fought in the region. That’s one reason why they’re quick to clamor for one.