List of South Asia articles
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Osama bin Laden sits with Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al Qaeda Leader, Successor to Bin Laden, Killed in U.S. Drone Strike
“Justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more,” Biden says.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, then-deputy leader of al Qaeda, is seen in a screengrab taken from a video that aired on Al Jazeera on Aug. 5, 2006. Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Legacy of Terror
He inherited the leadership of al Qaeda when U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden but lacked his predecessor’s charisma.
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An Afghan security guard stands in front of the Chinese Embassy in Kabul. China Is Doomed to Play a Significant Role in Afghanistan
Beijing is desperate to avoid being trapped in Kabul’s politics.
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Women wearing burqas in Kabul Afghan Women Are Worse Off Than Ever
A new Amnesty report lays out the Taliban playbook for erasing half the population: electrocutions, beatings, detentions, and disappearances.
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Taliban fighters The Taliban’s Neighbors Fear Afghanistan’s ‘Boiling Pot’ of Terrorism
A three-day conference in Uzbekistan has united the region, worried about the guerrillas in their midst.
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A man counts Afghan currency Afghanistan Still Wants Its Frozen Funds
But the United States is leery of giving the Taliban access to billions in cash.
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Taliban fighters wait as people gather for a ceremony to raise the Taliban flag in Kabul. The Taliban Detained Me for Doing My Job. I Can Never Go Back.
FP’s columnist on a harrowing return to Kabul, almost one year after the United States left Afghanistan.
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A man lifts a gas tank during a protest in Sri Lanka. Inside Sri Lanka’s Devastating Economic Crisis
“We managed to survive the pandemic, but this is worse.”
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Two men sit together; one holds a gun Meet the Taliban’s Would-Be Rainmaker
Hassib Habibi carries his convictions as easily as his AK-47. Now he has to resuscitate the Afghan economy.
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The bottom half of a person standing with plastic grocery bags is shown. Pregnant Sri Lankans Fear ‘One Meal Per Day’
The food crisis is hitting the country’s most vulnerable the hardest.
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Protesters wave flags and chant slogans after taking control of the prime minister’s office. China Made a Failed Bet on Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa Family
Beijing’s investments in the island look shaky after protests topple the government.
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Fuel station employees and customers stand near fuel pumps under a fuel station sign that reads "Indian Oil." Why India Can’t Quit Russian Oil
Investments Indian and Russian public sector companies have made in each other’s oil sectors have created an umbilical cord between their energy industries.
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Protesters shout slogans during an ongoing anti-government demonstration near the president’s office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 19. Sri Lanka’s Road to Ruin Was Political, Not Economic
The proximate cause for the protests is inflation, but the roots are in Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism.
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Afghan miners work. ‘The Taliban Have Picked Up the Resource Curse’
The Taliban are strip-mining their mineral wealth to fund factional power grabs.
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Taliban fighters patrol Kabul. Afghan Guns Are Arming Regional Insurgents
A flood of arms, including many from former Afghan soldiers, threatens to spark more violence.
