Bangladesh Ex-Minister Acquitted of India Rebel Gun-Running

Indian Christian community faces rising violence while Modi congratulates new Jacobite Catholicos in Lebanon. Rights groups sound alarm. [Image via Reuters]

Why India is a Loser

Umer Farooq

India is actively engaging with the parties to the conflict in West Asia. Its leaders and diplomats have been talking to officials from the United

Afghanistan: the question of Pakistan’s complaints

Afghanistan’s Unresolved Question of Political Authority

Umer Farooq

Originally published by The Watchtower by Umer Farooq. Featured by South Asia Times (SAT) for informational purposes, with attribution to the original author and publisher.

An Afghan hospital medic, who studied public relations and journalism before universities were closed to women, stands in a house in Afghanistan, February 17, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images

The Cost of Exclusion

Amir Jahangir

Originally published by The News. Featured by South Asia Times (SAT) for informational purposes, with attribution to the original author and publisher. The Taliban captured

Emergency, Sanctuary and Diplomacy: Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Message at ISSI

SAT Commentary

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar’s address at the ISSI seminar on Pakistan’s evolving counter-terrorism landscape put Islamabad’s position plainly: terrorism is the defining challenge for

The Borrowed Weapon: Strategic Insolvency and the Nuclear Compensatory Reflex

Muhammad Mahad Samija

In January 1953, Dwight Eisenhower entered the White House carrying a conviction that would define American strategic culture for the next seven decades. The United

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