EPA/T. Mughal
A useful avatar for threats both real and perceived, the notion of a pan-Islamic nuclear weapon has little to do with reality.
EPA/Jagadeesh NV
The Indian government recently demonetised 86% of its country’s cash – and kicked off a logistical nightmare.
At least 70 people died in a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan in August – most of them lawyers.
Shazaib Akber/EPA
A new tool is tracking attacks on people for their religion, politics, caste, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation.
Members of Hindu Sena, a right wing Hindu group, shout slogans during a protest against Hillary Clinton in New Delhi.
Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
Regardless of US presidential results, India needs to keep the United States close to maintain the balance of power in South Asia.
EPA/Divyakant Solanki
Narendra Modi’s government is drumming up war hysteria on the eve of crucial state elections. The gathering storm threatens India’s increasingly beleaguered democracy.
EPA/Farooq Khan
A long-festering military and diplomatic sore has been dramatically reopened. Can it ever be healed?
Urdu-language maxims adorn a school in the Swat Valley, Pakistan.
EPA/Bilawal Arbab
India and Pakistan wanted to replace colonial English with national languages after independence. The process is still far from over.
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Almost 70 years after Indian independence, tribes once classed as criminals are still fighting for their freedom.
EPA/Divyakant Solanki
India’s prime minister won a landslide victory promising to improve his people’s lives. There’s a very long way to go.
Police in Dhaka hold back protesters furious at the murder of a student.
EPA/Abir Abdullah
Bangladesh’s sexual minorities have been under violent attack for some time – as has anyone standing up to the country’s extremists.
Nepalese girls demolish their earthquake-damaged house.
EPA/Narendra Shrestha
The destruction wrought by two earthquakes in Nepal opened up a major opportunity for child traffickers.
Hot ticket.
Reuters/Toby Melville
Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK has gone swimmingly – but the situation at home is far from placid.
The scene in Balakot, 2005.
Reuters/Goran Tomasevic
Ten years ago, a devastating earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Pakistan. How has the devastated town of Balakot recovered?
Volunteers prepare food for victims of flood affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir at Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Raminder Pal Singh/EPA
From post-earthquake Nepal to serving the homeless poor in the UK, food services offered by Sikh temples contribute to public life and humanitarian relief.
Save the Children’s Islamabad HQ, briefly under lock and key.
EPA/Sohail Shahzad
Pakistan’s crackdown on foreign charities isn’t just security paranoia – it’s an attempt to stamp out bad PR.