South Asia

India’s film industry is under growing pressure to bend its knee to Hindu nationalists.

Rebuilding U.S. standing requires an end to backing militants abroad.

The Taliban takeover has pushed many Afghans over the border and into another kind of limbo.

The United States can play a key role in civilian nuclear aid.

Relaxing restrictions on the Punjab border could lead to a bigger shift as both sides recalibrate relations.

Militants are attacking minorities and outsiders in pursuit of demographic hegemony.

Pakistan said to be supporting alternative jihadi groups to undermine the Taliban and maintain leverage over Afghanistan.

With the United States off the scene, Russia is more appealing than China.

The Haqqani network has long been the most lethal and vicious element of the Taliban.

The department hasn’t made the numbers public, but angry lawmakers are running out of patience.

The country’s former intelligence chief said the Taliban are torn between placating their foot soldiers and meeting Afghans’ and the international community’s expectations.

A rash of robbings, kidnappings, and even killings is aggravating Afghanistan’s dire situation.

Attacks on the Hindu community show how the country has turned away from its pluralist heritage.

The Taliban promised justice. They are hard-pressed to provide it.

International assistance isn’t the political lever many hope it will be.

Zalmay Khalilzad achieved what he was asked to do: Get the United States out of Afghanistan.

Pakistan has 50 million women of childbearing age and only one globally certified person to help them feed their newborns.