List of South Asia articles
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Residents make their way along a road in Amritsar, India, on April 30. Why Herd Immunity Won’t Save India From COVID-19
Rather than relying on mass infection to build resistance to the coronavirus, the country needs a long-term, data-driven, decentralized approach.
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Faranaz Anwari, a 35-year-old widow with three children, wears a face mask as she sits on a Kabul street begging with other women on April 22. Afghans Choose Between Sickness and Starvation
Living marginal lives even before the pandemic, many in this war-ruined land have no choice but to defy the lockdown and turn to begging.
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Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Generosity Is an Easy Win for China After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Electrifying rural health care facilities would burnish Beijing’s reputation in poor countries throughout Africa and Asia and cost next to nothing.
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Indian activists burn a photograph of Chinese President Xi Jinping as they protest against his visit in India, in Guwahati on Oct. 11, 2019. India Cracks Down on Chinese Investment as Mood Turns Against Beijing
Like many countries angered by Beijing’s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak, India has turned skeptical of economic dependence on China.
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Muslims maintain social distancing as they offer a special Taraweeh evening prayer ahead of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at the Grand Faisal Mosque in Islamabad on April 24. Pakistan’s Government Is Caught Between a Mosque and a Hard Place
The authorities are struggling to enforce social distancing rules during Ramadan.
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Qatari charity workers prepare food parcels for migrant laborers Middle East Autocrats Target South Asian Workers
Hundreds of Nepalis and others have been deported under cover of the pandemic.
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Muslim women walk in front of paramilitary personnel during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Ahmedabad, India, on April 12. India Is Scapegoating Muslims for the Spread of the Coronavirus
The pandemic has provided fresh opportunity for Hindu nationalists to beat down an already disadvantaged minority group.
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A box and tablets on a blister pack of hydroxychloroquine are displayed. The World Needs to Change How It Trades Drugs
Trump’s pressure led India to reverse an export ban on an unproven treatment for COVID-19. The incident reveals flaws in how medical provisions are traded.
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Police officers punish restriction-violators during the coronavirus pandemic in India Fake News, Real Arrests
Rampant misinformation has led to dozens of arrests in India, but leaders aren’t doing much to address the root of the problem.
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Men wearing face masks walk past a wall painted with images of U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on April 5. In Afghanistan, the Coronavirus Could Be Deadlier Than War
The pandemic has hit the war-ravaged country at the worst possible time—just as peace appeared possible and as foreign military aid disappears.
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People maintain social distance as Indian paramilitary personnel distribute food for those in need during the government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 9. Slow Internet Is Speeding the Spread of the Coronavirus in Kashmir
The region is accustomed to lockdowns, but New Delhi’s ban on high-speed internet is undermining the medical community’s ability to fight the pandemic.
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A tourist wearing a protective mask tours outside the Colosseum. Our Top Weekend Reads
History lesson in pandemics, Iraqi militias becoming more aggressive, and the danger facing India’s sanitation workers.
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People in need stand in queue as volunteers distribute free food packets in Guwahati, India, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus. Modi’s India Isn’t Prepared for the Coronavirus
New Delhi’s lockdown has stalled the spread of the pandemic but a lack of planning has led to hunger, uncertainty, and panic.
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Two men greet each other by touching elbows. Poor Countries Need to Think Twice About Social Distancing
Policies imposed in rich countries to fight the coronavirus could have adverse effects in low-income nations—potentially endangering more lives than they save.
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Sanitation workers in Secunderabad, India No Masks, No Gloves
With India on lockdown, hundreds of thousands of people are cleaning up trash, medical waste, and even sewage without any protective equipment.
