List of South Asia articles
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Passengers queue to board a U.S. Air Force flight. State Department Launches Review of Afghan Withdrawal
U.S. ambassador Daniel Smith is tapped to lead a review to understand the lessons of U.S. involvement.
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A soldier walks along a street in India. Does India Want to Solve Its Pollution Problem?
The country has the most polluted cities in the world—but so far is doing very little in response.
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A member of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan places an earthen oil lamp to pay tribute to late Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 5. How Islamist Fundamentalists Get Away With Murder in Pakistan
If Imran Khan cares about foreign investment and economic growth, he must abolish the country’s blasphemy law.
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A smiling Putin and Modi shake hands. Modi’s Delicate Balancing Act
Modi’s twin diplomatic meetings this week underscore how Russia remains a source of discord between the United States and India.
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Two Taliban fighters stand on a sidewalk dressed in tactical gear. Why the Taliban Still Love Suicide Bombing
The group is normalizing death and despair in the Islamic Emirate.
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India's most marginalized Dalit community members shout slogans during a protest in New Delhi on Aug. 9, 2018. Modi’s Farm Bills and Their Repeal Will Do Nothing for This Group
Bonded laborers, many of whom belong to the Dalit community, are owned by their landlords and work for little or no pay.
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A 700-year-old standing statue of the Buddha, returned to Nepal from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art It Doesn’t Belong in a Museum
Stolen Nepali art is a key test for Western institutions.
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Afghan girls carry water jugs through a dirt graveyard. It’s Time to Engage With the Taliban. Afghan Lives Depend on It.
The West is wasting time Afghans do not have.
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A general view shows the Dhaka River Port on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 23, 2019. America Should Bet on Bangladesh
Bangladesh has major geopolitical value on its own merits, separate from India or any other country.
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Vehicles make their way amid heavy smog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 17. How Lahore Became the World’s Most Polluted Place
Unprecedented smog in the “city of gardens” comes from a confluence of familiar factors.
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Karambir's mother, Bahoti Devi, sits outside the family home with the farming family's buffalos behind her in Haryana, India, on March 27. Farmers Have Become Martyrs in India
A grim death toll accompanies long-running protests.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the United Nations. Profiling Modi’s India
A recent book shows how threats to democracy were apparent from the prime minister’s earliest beginnings.
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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan performs. Modi’s Growing Crackdown on Bollywood
India’s film industry is under growing pressure to bend its knee to Hindu nationalists.
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Anti-Taliban forces train. Afghan Insurgents Are a Dead End
Rebuilding U.S. standing requires an end to backing militants abroad.
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Men walk near the Torkham border crossing. Afghan Refugees Get Cold Welcome in Pakistan
The Taliban takeover has pushed many Afghans over the border and into another kind of limbo.
