List of South Asia articles
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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.
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Modi and Putin in Russia India Has Its Own Ideas About Russia and Ukraine
New Delhi likes the idea of a sphere of influence—but has good reasons to worry about a European conflict.
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Activists protest against attacks on Hindu temples and houses in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 4, 2016. How Facebook Fuels Religious Violence
The social media platform’s haphazard content moderation strategy is failing Bangladesh. Here’s how it can fix its policy.
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Putin, Modi, and Xi Modi’s Foreign-Policy Juggling Act
He put India on the map as a great power—but strategy problems are piling up.
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Security officials and relatives attend the funeral in Pakistan. What Pakistan’s New National Security Policy Leaves Out
The country’s first official strategy document fails to take a hard look at pressing internal challenges.
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Afghan women chant slogans and hold placards during a protest for equal rights in Kabul on Dec. 16, 2021. Afghan Women Aren’t Liberated by Humanitarian Catastrophe
Continuing to deny aid to Afghanistan is an anti-feminist policy choice.
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Women play a game in a village on the outskirts of Bangalore. India Is Building a Women-Only Social Safety Net
Political parties across India have promised a host of new social programs exclusively for women. Is it politics or progress?
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stands next to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo. As India and China Compete, Smaller States Are Cashing In
The Maldives and Sri Lanka show how they can bargain with bigger powers to their advantage.
