List of South Asia articles
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Protesters denounce the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Lahore High Court. Imran Khan Is Just the Beginning of Pakistan’s Democratic Woes
The country’s democratic backsliding goes further than the embattled former prime minister—and further back.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow BRICS leaders Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a family photo, along with delegates from six nations invited to join the alliance at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. they stand on a stage and wave and smile. BRICS Expansion Is No Triumph for China
But it is a warning shot for the West to end its strategic slumber in the global south.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raises one hand to gesture as he speaks to the audience at a plenary session at the BRICS summit. He sits in a leather chair beside a microphone in a darkened room. Modi’s ‘Tiger Warrior’ Diplomacy Is Harming India’s Interests
Hindu nationalist attitudes are alienating other nations.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022. India Can’t Cut the Cord From China
Amid a stalemate at the border, it’s clear that Xi Jinping still has the upper hand.
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Women belonging to the 'Meira Paibis', a group of women representing Meitei society, hold torches during a demonstration demanding the restoration of peace in India's north-eastern Manipur state in Imphal, following ongoing ethnic violence in the state on Aug. 9. Inside Manipur’s Ethnic Violence
A small state in India’s northeast is experiencing deadly ethnic conflict.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets children waving Indian flags as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, for a summit. India Is Pushing Back Against China in South Asia
Beijing’s attempts to encircle New Delhi are being systematically reversed.
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Afghan women protest against a new Taliban ban on women accessing university education in Kabul. How the World Can Help Afghan Women Now
Formal recognition of the Taliban is not the answer.
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A child sits with her face in her hands between two women in full burqas at an orphanage in Afghanistan. ‘The Taliban Turned All My Ambitions Into Dust’
Two years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban continue to raise hell. Here are the tales of the people who have been through it.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif poses with lawmakers after the last session of the National Assembly in Islamabad. Pakistan’s Military Won’t Loosen Its Grip
Imran Khan’s conviction shows why the country may be fated to hybrid rule.
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In a shot taken from above, four police officers wearing riot gear surround a protester wearing a ripped white shirt, hitting him with wooden batons and their rifles. Other uniformed police officers stand around, watching the attack. Washington Can Give Bangladesh’s Democracy the Kiss of Life
Dhaka has taken on new importance as relations with China freeze.
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A crowd of protesters gather behind a burning effigy of a man. A blue sky and some short buildings are visible behind them. Some of the protesters are waving their fists, and one shouts into a megaphone. Manipur Crisis Tests Modi’s India
Spiraling violence in the northeastern state takes cues from the ruling party’s majoritarianism.
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Two Uzbek soldiers, both wearing camouflage and helmets and holding rifles, stand on either side of a metal gate with a stop sign at its center. Behind the fence is a flat field, and farther in the distance are trees and a blue sky. The Water Wars Are Coming to Central Asia
Things have been bad for decades, but the Taliban threaten to make them worse.
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People wave Chinese and Sri Lankan flags on sticks as they welcome China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5, seen in the background with lines of people standing along the top deck, in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Beijing Is Going Places—and Building Naval Bases
Here are the top destinations that might be next.
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An Afghan laborer arranges food aid bags provided by an NGO for distribution at a gymnasium in Kabul. The Taliban Have ‘Infiltrated’ U.N. Deliveries of Aid
An as-yet-unpublished U.S. government report highlights the importance of aid diversion to Taliban finances.
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Nida Usman Chaudhary, a woman wearing a suit jacket and glasses, looks down at an open book in her hands as she stands in front of a large shelf of legal volumes. In Pakistan, the Legal Profession Remains an All Boys’ Club
An entrenched culture of misogyny is keeping the country’s female lawyers away from the corridors of power.
