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The suspects in the Shujaat Bukhari assassination were caught on CCTV. Photo: Courtesy Majid Hyderi/Social Media

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

Peace dialog possible trigger for Kashmir editor’s assassination

by Saikat Datta and Majid Hyderi June 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Male hand inserting a ballot to a ballot box. Flag of Afghanistan in the background. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Germany, Middle East, South Asia, World

Should Afghanistan postpone presidential election?

by Haroun Mir June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

A vision for war without end in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis May 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt.
Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Power projects under increasing threat in Afghanistan

by Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar and China share a long and often troubled border. Photo: iStock/Getty images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

China is conflicted in Myanmar’s wars

by Bertil Lintner May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Students take part in a rally demanding peace in war-torn Kachin state in Yangon, Myanmar May 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Peace is war in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.

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

Afghanistan’s criminalized politics threaten state security

by Ihsanullah Omarkhail May 14, 2018

A silhouetted Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army fighter against the rebel group's flag. Photo: Youtube

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, France, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

The curious disappearance of Myanmar’s Rohingya rebels

by David Scott Mathieson May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The war and death strategy of the Taliban

by Ihsanullah Omarkhail May 10, 2018

Image: iStock

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

Will Afghanistan’s cycle of violence ever end?

by Haroun Mir May 2, 2018

Map of Pakistan. Image: iStock

Afghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

The propaganda war against Pakistan’s military

by Atta Rasool Malik April 4, 2018

Silhouette of military soldiers on money background.War, military and danger concept. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Greater Bay Area, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Partition of Syria: US and Israel eye Golan Heights oil

by Christina Lin April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

New People's Army (NPA) fighters in formation in the Sierra Madre mountain range, located east of Manila. Photo: AFP/Noel Cialis

AT Finance, European Union, Italy, Philippines, South Asia, World

Philippines moves to ‘terrorize’ its leftist rebels

by Bong S Sarmiento March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

The defeat of ISIS. Photo: Flickr Commons

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

ISIS caliphate consigned to the dustbin of history

by Nicos Panayiotides March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons

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

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

Vijay Koul points at the house being built near their home, where the gunfight happened two weeks ago. Photo: Majid Hyderi

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Lone Kashmiri Pandit family braves bullets, gunfight next door

by Majid Hyderi February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar security officials stand guard in a pool of mud on July 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Simon Lewis

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Rakhine bombings spread Myanmar’s ethnic conflict

by David Scott Mathieson February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

Shan State Army - South (SSA-S) soldiers exercising with logs at their headquarters in Loi Tai Leng, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State, Photo: AFP/KC Ortiz

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

Myanmar’s wars are more than resource grabs

by Sai Wansai February 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi flag with stack of money coins with grass and flowers. Photo: iStock

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, World

Iraq investors stubbornly stake post-ISIS future

by Gary Kleiman February 14, 2018February 14, 2018

People hold sign as they gather to condemn the death of Naqibullah Mehsud, whose family said was killed by police in a so-called "encounter killing", during a grand jirga (tribal assembly or public meeting) in Karachi, Pakistan January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Campaign against Pashtuns undermines rule of law

by Rahim Nasar February 11, 2018February 12, 2018

Combat weapons, US dollars and ammunition scattered on a sackcloth. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, Middle East, South Asia, World

As ISIS fighters return, Central Asia braces for attacks

by Tatiana Kanunnikova February 4, 2018

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand

Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to China

by Bertil Lintner January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya men look at smoke billowing above what is believed to be a burning village in Myanmar's Rakhine state, as members of the Muslim minority group take shelter in a no-man's land between Bangladesh and Myanmar, in Ukhia on September 4, 2017. Photo: AFP/ K M Asad

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Rohingya insurgents on the move in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A Shan State Army-South soldier stands guard outside the insurgent group's headquarters ahead of the Shan National Day in Loi Tai Leng, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Photo: AFP/KC Ortiz

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar’s cockpit of anarchy

by Anthony Davis December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Death rattle for Myanmar democracy

by David Scott Mathieson December 29, 2017February 18, 2020

A woman wearing traditional dress from Kachin state in Myanmar sheds a tear as she prays outside St. Mary's Cathedral during a mass led by Pope Francis in Yangon on November 30, 2017. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, World

Myanmar’s other ethnic atrocity

by Stella Naw December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A still image taken from a video distributed by Yemen's pro-Houthi Al Masirah television station on November 5, 2017, shows what it says was the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh's King Khaled Airport. Photo: Houthi Military Media Unit via Reuters TV

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

How US can respond to Iranian missiles

by Stephen Bryen December 16, 2017December 17, 2017

Rohingya refugees wait roadside for aid at Thaingkhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia

Will Myanmar’s Rohingya rebels respond?

by Anthony Davis November 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar solders patrol the streets at Thapyuchai village, outside of Thandwe in the Rakhine State. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar’s other Rakhine problem

by Anthony Davis November 29, 2017February 18, 2020