South Asia

The Taliban government must acknowledge the potential loss of international aid and cash shipments next year, and focus on identifying alternative ways to support livelihoods.

At a recent rally – its first outside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since the general elections – the PTI adopted a confrontationist posture vis-à-vis the civilian government and the military leadership.

He has said that if he wins the presidential election, his government will renegotiate the terms of the IMF loan so that the lives of the poor improve.

The Taliban’s interim government has boasted about its economic success, but few Afghans are feeling a positive impact.

The Taliban are unleashing a legal onslaught to implement their vision for the country – for men, by men, and of men.

A high-visibility event like the fourth India-Africa Summit would go a long way in injecting new vigor into ties.

The trans community welcomed the new service, expressing hope it would reduce harassment of trans people on the road.

By dismantling the regime’s sacrosanct narratives – of both the Hasina family and the War of Independence – students directly challenged the foundation of her authoritarianism. 

The terror attacks on September 11, 2001, seemingly changed the trajectory of Afghanistan’s history. But today, the country in many ways is back to the status quo ante – except for the thousands of lives lost to war. 

Mubashar Hasan, Smruti S. Pattanaik, and Leo Wigger discuss the causes and triggers of the protest that dethroned Bangladesh's PM and the outlook for the country moving forward.

The country is bounded by rapidly rising seas to its south and by overflowing rivers in its north and northeast.

The drones are assembled and possibly utilized with technology borrowed from resistance groups in Myanmar.