List of South Asia articles
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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.
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Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the airport in Kabul on Aug. 16, 2021. The U.S. Needs to Find the Middle Ground on Afghanistan
Both maximalist and minimalist strategies have utterly failed.
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Men in Kabul's Deh Sabz district work on the back of a coal truck. Taliban Wage War Over Coal in Northern Afghanistan
The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals.
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A child walks amid the rubble of damaged houses in Bermal district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, on June 23, following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake. A Modest Proposal to Save Afghanistan—From Itself
With the Taliban at loggerheads and Afghanistan in chaos, one politician has a plan to stave off civil war.
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Members of the Student Federation of India push against a police barrier during a protest against the government's new Agnipath recruitment plan in Chennai, India, on June 22. Has India’s Military Recruitment Plan Backfired?
The Agnipath plan has triggered protests among potential soldiers and criticism from veterans, but it’s not likely to dent Modi’s government.
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Tanay and the unnamed paying guest in the film "Cobalt Blue." Netflix India’s ‘Cobalt Blue’ Shows Queer Love—in Primary Colors
The recent LGBTQ film tries to give life to the complications of queer desire. It falters.
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A man views congestion in Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal’s Big EV Bet
Is it a genuine push toward a cleaner—and safer—nation?
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Members of the Taliban stand in front of a Blackhawk helicopter. Afghans Battle Another Blow After Big Earthquake
The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.
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Burqa-clad women wait in line for food. The U.N. Knows Afghanistan Is Messed Up. But It’s Keeping Mum.
An internal United Nations report details escalating Taliban violations of human rights—and little U.N. leverage.
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Afghan refugees sit around a makeshift tent in Pakistan. Leaning on Pakistan Can Get Abandoned Afghans to Safety
Thousands of Afghans who worked with the United States need a route out.
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Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, seen here in 2014, is a member of a group of exiled warlords and other leaders who want the Taliban to widen the makeup of Afghanistan's government and include them. Afghanistan’s Warlords Prepare Their Comeback
The regional capos who broke Afghanistan once before are angling to contest control of the country with the current Taliban rulers.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi India’s China Policy Is Confused
Two years after a deadly border clash, New Delhi appears wary of Beijing but unwilling to partner with Washington. These contradictions leave it open to exploitation.
