Afghanistan, the theatre of the ‘war on terror’, can provide many lessons to those who seek to crush violence by military means.

In an atmosphere of heightened militant threats, continuing to play cricket might just be a way to counter the paranoia.

Three days of trauma, hundreds of grieving families, a media frenzy, a crackdown on Kashmiri militants, a sudden fear of war.

Policymakers in Islamabad have reached a point of no return.

What will be Bombay’s iconic image?

As the attacks unfolded, journalists trying to cover the action had no more insight than anyone else as to how to react.

Religious extremism is merely social unrest by another name.

The post-Bombay responses by New Delhi and Islamabad reveal a continued refusal to grasp that violence begets violence. In the current global environment, such a mindset will be catastrophic.

Deconstructing the imaginary geographies of Bhutan.

In Pakistan, people smuggling has become a booming business, perilous for those transported.

The community-versus-conservation debate has come to a head in opposition to India’s new attempt at progressive forest legislation.

Do two recent orders by Sri Lanka’s long-complacent judiciary indicate a ray of hope for the fight against the country’s notorious corruption and impunity?

President Nasheed turns to desperate measures.

Recent anniversaries have marked the demolition of two mosques, one very well known and the other much less so. The latter opens our minds to caste stratifications among India’s Muslims.

The small but important improvements achieved in maternal mortality in Afghanistan over the past seven years are being threatened by increasing instability.

Pervez Hoodbhoy, chairman of the physics department at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad details the fallout of the attacks in Bombay…for India, Pakistan and the rest of the region.