List of South Asia articles
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Tea pickers remove weeds at an organic tea plantation. In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong
A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery.
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People hold placards protesting Russia’s invasion in India. India Must Take a Stand on Russia’s War in Ukraine
New Delhi’s fence-sitting no longer serves its diplomatic or security interests.
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Azad stands on a platform above a crowd wearing a blue scarf. The Dalit Politician Shaking Up Uttar Pradesh’s Elections
Chandrashekhar Azad has rebranded his marginalized caste identity as something to be proud of.
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Manzoor Pashteen, the Pakistani tribal leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, takes part in an interview with Agence France-Presse in Islamabad on April 6, 2018. Pakistani Pashtun Leader: Nationalism Is a ‘Reaction Against the Racist Policies of the State’
Manzoor Pashteen is a rising political star willing to speak out on taboo subjects.
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In this picture taken on October 1, 2020, women wait with their children at a government-run maternity clinic in a rural area of Dand district in Kandahar province. The Taliban Are Harming Afghan Women’s Health
Afghanistan’s new government is imposing discriminatory restrictions on the health care system.
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Members of the Uzbek Taliban Taliban Struggle to Maintain Unity Six Months Into Their Reign
“People don’t trust us yet, but we’re working on it,” one Taliban commander said.
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A man reads a newspaper that hangs on a line with others. Pakistan’s New Media Crackdown Threatens Press Freedom
The army and the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency want to eradicate any criticism.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane while departing Australia. Biden Hasn’t Taken His Eyes off the Ball in Asia
The new U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy shows the White House is keeping its focus on the region even as it grapples with Russian aggression in Ukraine.
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Imran Khan in Kabul Imran Khan Goes to Moscow as Pakistan Romances Russia
A warming relationship adds a new twist to South Asian geopolitics.
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Residents of Quetta hold candle lights beside photographs of security personnel who were killed in militant attacks on security camps in the Nushki and Panjgur areas of Balochistan province. Pakistan Faces ‘Peace of Wolves’ as Regional Tensions Rise
After 20 years of supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistan finds the tables are turning as militancy comes home.
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Protesters hold signs including one showing a cartoon of a U.S. soldier handing a child with missing arms a piece of candy, with the caption "Gift." A Better Use of Frozen Afghan Funds
The reserves belong to the Afghan people, not the United States or the Taliban.
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Afghan men line up for food ration distribution. The Afghan Crisis Demands a Coordinated Response on Refugees
This is a chance to display democratic values—and establish a better order.
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Food packets prepared by the World Food Program are pictured before their distribution to needy Afghan families in Kandahar. ‘Not His Money’: Biden Splits Afghanistan’s Reserves
“This is the worst thing he could do right now,” one expert said.
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Then-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh speaks. Former Afghan VP: ‘We Will Resist Until Our Aim Is Achieved’
Amrullah Saleh, a leader of the exiled Afghan resistance, called for elections to give Afghans, not the Taliban, control of the future.
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Members of the Taliban enter the compound of the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kabul on Sept. 10, 2021. ‘I Wanted to Stay for My People’
Thousands of Afghans fled the Taliban. Many civil servants stayed behind to keep the lights on—whatever the cost.
