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
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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.
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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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Three die as pipeline collapses into Chitral river
Herald Report CHITRAL: Three people died and four sustained injuries as under-repair water pipeline fell into Chitral river on Saturday,
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Why you should listen?
The High Asia Herald/TV Special The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world’s third-largest repository of ice, after the North
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Hungarian climbers share experience of their journey to K2
Herald Report ISLAMABAD: Hungarian climber Szilárd Suhajda achieved a remarkable feat reaching the top of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain,
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How Urubko nailed his new route on Gasherbrum-II
Climbing alpine style, the 46-year-old Russian-Polish mountaineer Denis Urubko has forged a new route up the 8032m G-II Herald Report Russian-Polish climber
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Nepali climber scales Pakistan’s highest peaks in 23 days
He plans to climb remaining three peaks of above 8,000 meters in next four months to break previous world record
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