South Asia

Afghan forces retook the prison in Jalalabad 24 hours after the initial attack.

India’s construction of strategic roads next to China remains behind schedule and slowed down by administrative issues.

Ideally, India would exploit a split in Russia-China relations. But there’s no split to exploit and New Delhi is better off seeking strategic compatibility elsewhere.

If Bihar is any indication, India’s political scene will not be affected by the recent tensions with China.

The U.S. and Iran are talking. That’s good news for Afghanistan.

India’s female labor force participation is the lowest in South Asia.

The merging of the arts, commerce, and science streams in Indian schools is a good decision.

The next step may very well be intra-Afghan talks, but the Taliban have spent the first half of the year bludgeoning the Afghan security forces.

After many twists, turns, and delays, the first batch of French Dassault Rafale fighters finally arrived in India.

Chinese patterns of provocation have endured for over five decades. Can India break the cycle?

U.S. diplomacy needs to leave the conference room and engage with local populations – something European and Chinese diplomats have already mastered.

After the Anglo-Gorkha War in 1814, the British and the Gorkhas had different understandings of what exactly a border meant.