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Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo

Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, World

Fixing Afghanistan’s flawed peace process

by Nematullah Bizhan December 19, 2018

The US Senate passed two resolutions that have angered Riyadh. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

US Senate resolution on Yemen could hamper progress

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 17, 2018December 17, 2018

Image: iStock

Afghanistan, France, South Asia, World

Trump to review case of soldier charged with killing Afghan

by Asia Times staff December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Russia sent the Tu-22M Backfire strategic bomber to Venezuela. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, European Union, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

How Russian provocation backfired in the Caribbean

by Stephen Bryen December 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto. Credit: AFP via Aurimages/Ulf Andersen

Afghanistan, AT Finance, France, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Fatima Bhutto: ‘Everything is political, if you do it right’

by Muhammad Cohen December 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Imran Khan has been accused of bowing to religious extremists in Pakistan. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi

Afghanistan, China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Pakistan will not give up terrorism

by Prakash Katoch December 14, 2018

Chinese flag: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Global perceptions of an ascendant China

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 13, 2018December 13, 2018

Nadia Murad (L) and Lamia Haji Bashar, public advocates for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivors of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State jihadists, are awarded laureates of the 2016 Sakharov human rights prize at the European parliament in Strasbourg in 2016. Photo: AFP/ Frederick Florin

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, India, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Human Rights Day: fighting indifference with justice

by Vijay Prashad December 12, 2018

Princess Mabel of the Netherlands with Kasawadu Abubakari (Girls not Brides Ghana) and Lakshmi Sundaram (director of Girls not Brides) speak during a press conference about an award for Girls Not Brides in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, in March 2018. Photo: AFP / Patrick van Katwijk / Dutch Photo Press

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, France, Malaysia, South Asia, World

Efforts to end child marriage ‘need to be scaled up’

by Asia Times staff December 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Map ofPakistan: iStock

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The media is not the establishment’s PR machine

by Imad Zafar December 8, 2018

Security officials cordon off an area after a bomb blast in Quetta, Baluchistan in August last year. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Balochistan militants exploit unease over Chinese influence

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Five academics who unleashed the ‘demon’ of geopolitical power

by Alfred McCoy December 6, 2018

Malala Yousafzai with her father Ziauddin, who recently launched his book 'Let Her Fly' based on her rise to become an activist for girls' education and his struggle in a patriarchal society. Twitter @Malala

Afghanistan, India, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Malala’s father talks about his book ‘Let Her Fly’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

This file photo taken on July 31, 1991, shows US president George Bush and his Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev during a press conference in Moscow concluding the two-day US-Soviet Summit dedicated to the disarmament. Bush died at age 94, his family announced late on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP / Mike Fisher

Afghanistan, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The world George H W Bush made

by Richard N. Haass December 3, 2018

الناشط الذي يحظى باحترام عالمي رائد فارس، 46، أغتيل من قبل جهاديين في شمال سوريا الأسبوع الماضي

Afghanistan, European Union, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

‘Every day is a bonus’: Raed Fares and the Syrian revolution

by Manhal Bareesh December 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani army soldiers gather in front of Kartarpur Gurdwara Sahib during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kartarpur Corridor in Kartarpur on November 28, 2018. - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the groundbreaking ceremony of the religious corridor between India and Pakistan. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP)

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Kartarpur Corridor is a diplomatic masterstroke

by Imad Zafar November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

Pakistan-based terrorists attacked the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, leading to a three-day battle that killed over 160 people. Photo: YouTube screen grab

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia

India grapples with Pakistan’s deep state 10 years after 26/11

by Vivek Katju November 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Conflict and instability continue to plague Afghanistan as the country struggles to achieve an enduring peace after decades of turmoil. Image: iStock

Afghanistan, France, South Asia, World

UN envoy: ‘Well-founded hopes for peace’ in Afghanistan

by Asia Times staff November 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Crescent Moon Lake in the Gobi Desert in Gansu province. Water is more scarce in northern China as rivers and glaciers dry up because of climate change and dams and pollution affect waterways. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Water crisis puts trade war into perspective for China

by Asia Times staff November 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses lawmakers after being elected by the National Assembly in Islamabad on August 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/ handout

Afghanistan, European Union, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Concerns raised over Pakistan’s crackdown on INGOs

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A US C-17 troop transport aircraft is parked at the 2017 Los Angeles Air Show. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, World

Planet of war: US military prepares for global combat

by Danny Sjursen November 22, 2018

Members of the Asayish, Kurdish internal security police, arrive at the site of clashes with regime forces in Qamishli in northeast Syria. Syrian Kurdish forces said several fighters were killed when they clashed with regime fighters in the divided city of Qamishli on Sept 8. Photo: AFP / Delil Souleiman

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

US dance between Turkey and Kurds will soon come to an end

by Omer Taspinar November 22, 2018

The US and Pakistani flags. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The waxing and waning of US-Pakistan relations

by Manoj Kumar Mishra November 21, 2018

Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, addresses supporters in Lahore. Photo: Reuters / Mohsin Raza

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Pakistan strongly rejects Trump’s ‘do nothing for us’ claims

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends the inauguration of Chabahar port on December 3, 2017. Photo: Iranian Presidency / AFP

Afghanistan, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

America’s senseless Iran sanctions

by Amin Saikal November 21, 2018

Xi Jinping's China is casting a keen eye on Tibet and its spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Photo: Reuters and Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The soul of Tibet, and the insecurity of China

by Prakash Katoch November 20, 2018

Osama bin Laden in June 1999. Photo courtesy of AFP

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Washington, Islamabad pay the price for betraying each other

by Imad Zafar November 20, 2018

俄羅斯外長拉夫羅夫（左）在2018年11月9日於莫斯科舉行的第二輪阿富汗和談中聽取意見。相片：AFP / Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik

Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, South Asia

阿富汗作為全球新競爭的中心

by Pepe Escobar November 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, China, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

When in doubt, blame the Pakistanis

by Turyal Azam Khan November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

A Yemeni child suffering from severe malnutrition is weighed at a treatment centre in a hospital in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah province, on October 25, 2018. Photo: Essa Ahmed / AFP

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, South Asia, World

How temporary cessation of conflict can turn into peace in Yemen

by Manoj Kumar Mishra November 19, 2018