Central Asian steppes mutely watch Taliban’s surge
by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Compared to the events two decades ago when the Afghan Taliban appeared in the Amu Darya
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Kashmir lockdown: The silence is the loudest sound
https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000006653817/ The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications
Read MoreThe case of Gilgit-Baltistan
SSR can be an effective instrument for maintaining demographic composition in J&K but it was essentially a colonial tool without
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Nepal sets new rules for Everest climbers after deadly season
Permit will depend on climbers having ascended at least one 6,500-metre Nepalese peak Also see: https://news.yahoo.com/nepal-may-implement-safety-measures-172348951.html All climbers seeking a
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Six dead, 15 injured in wall collapse during Independence Day celebrations in Gilgit
Herald Report GILGIT: Six people died and 15 others suffered injuries late Tuesday night after a boundary wall collapsed in cantonment
Read MoreWho’s who among Afghan presidential candidates
by Frud Bezhan Seventeen men will contest Afghanistan’s presidential election in a race among old power brokers — ex-government officials,
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Eid festivities muted in Indian-ruled Kashmir amid lockdown
Herald Report Indian security forces have maintained tight restrictions across its controlled Jammu and Kashmir during Eidul Azha, fearing protests
Read MoreTajik man emerges in Afghanistan as leader of IS unit of CA fighters
Sayvaly Shafiev leads a group of about 200 fighters from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries in Afghanistan, says
Read MoreAfghanistan’s untold dilemma of underage marriages
By Ron Synovitz & Freshta Jalalzai KABUL — Mohammad Wali was just 12 years old when his widowed mother
Read MoreIn Kashmir, journalists struggle under India’s blackout
By Jon Allsop In early August, the government of Narendra Modi, India’s recently reelected Hindu-nationalist prime minister, moved troops into
Read MoreKashmir’s autonomy: Pakistani Left, women bodies condemn Modi’s move
Herald Report Islamabad: Left parties and women organizations of Pakistan have condemned the Indian government’s revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy.
Read MoreModi’s revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy
Why Modi’s move on Kashmir is likely to achieve the opposite of what he intends, questions the Economist When the
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History: Lost Sogdian art in China
Little is known of the lives of Sogdians in China, even though the Chinese connections of Sogdian elites played an
Read MoreSITUATIONER: Kashmir on the frontlines
https://www.facebook.com/suchitra.vijayan/videos/10158724026526679/?t=0 By Hassan Akber What Has India Done? After days of troop surges, arrests, speculation and denials, Indian
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History writing is fixated on archival discovery trope: Faisal Devji
Professor Faisal Devji on Muslim depoliticisation, Hindu nationalism and historians mimicking detectives. Here is excerpts from an interview with Seema
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