The South Asia Channel
List of The South Asia Channel articles
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An Indian forex dealer counts US $100 currency notes in Mumbai on August 25, 2015. The Indian rupee recovered by 26 paise to reach 66.39 against the dollar on the Interbank Foreign Exchange in early trade. Dealers said fresh selling of the US currency by exporters and banks, the weakening of the dollar overseas and gains across stock markets supported the domestic currency. AFP PHOTO/ INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) -
Chinese Special representative for Afghanistan, Deng Xijun listens to Afghan Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbanion (unseen) as he chairs the second round of four-way peace talks meeting at the Presidential palace in Kabul on January 18, 2016. A second round of four-country talks aimed at reviving peace negotiations with the Taliban began in Kabul on January 18, even as the insurgents wage an unprecedented winter campaign of violence across Afghanistan. Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States convened in the Afghan capital for a one-day meeting seeking a negotiated end to the bloody 14-year insurgency. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) China: Peacemaker in South Asia?
China's neutrality offers a real possibility of reconciliation in Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: Lt. General John W. Nicholson Jr., speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, January 28, 2016 in Washington, DC. If confirmed by the US Senate, Gen. Nicholson will become General Commander, Resolute Support and Commander, United States Forces-Afghanistan. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - APRIL 7: Office of Iraq Reconstruction Coordinator, Robin Raphel testifes during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill, April 7, 2004 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on a review of the United Nations oil for food program. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) -
A US soldier walks near an F-16 fighter aircraft at Kandahar air field on December 29, 2008. More than 290 international soldiers serving in Afghanistan have lost their lives in 2008, according to the independent "icasualties.org" website that tracks casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of the soldiers have been killed in insurgent attacks but the figure includes those killed in accidents and from natural causes. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images) -
483981678 Islamabad Must Confront Its Islamic State Problem
To get rid of the Islamic State, the Pakistani government must first acknowledge their existence.
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A Pakistani commuter rides past a poster of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi on April 1, 2014. A Pakistani court on March 31 indicted Musharraf for treason -- a milestone for civilian authority in a country long dominated by the army. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 03: Jason Cone, Executive Director of the U.S. division of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) speaks at a gathering in Union Square to commemorate the one month anniversary of the bombing of a MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on November 3, 2015 in New York City. MSF has called for an independent investigation into the attack that killed at least 30 people. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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An armed Pakistani Taliban chats with residents in Buner district of the troubled Swat valley on April 23, 2009. Pakistan deployed paramilitary troops to northwestern districts infiltrated by Taliban militants as global concern mounted over Islamabad's ability to rein in the Islamists. The extremists patrolled the streets of Buner district, about 100 km (60 miles) outside the capital, warning residents not to engage in "un-Islamic" activity and barring women from public places, officials and witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan Thinks It Can Play Nice with Terrorists. It’s Wrong.
Can negotiating with terrorists really be the path to peace in Afghanistan?
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Bangladesh Awami League supporters protest with anti-Pakistan placards in Dhaka on December 23, 2013. The activists demonstrated against Pakistan's reaction over the execution of Abdul Quader Molla, a top Islamist leader convicted of war crimes. AFP PHOTO/Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Escaping the Shadow of Pakistan
The current diplomatic row between Bangladesh and Pakistan is about more than opening old wounds from 45 years ago – it is about the threat to pluralistic democracy in South Asia posed by Pakistan’s security policies.
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