For the past few decades, India’s primary focus has been on economic restructuring, industrialization, and manufacturing. Little political strife has come out of India under Narendra’s rule as the population has been economically mobilized. The installation of a figure so controversial and polarizing to lead the country’s largest state, with a population larger than the entirety of Brazil, signifies that,… Read more »
UN rights chief suggests Colombo’s persistent failure to investigate atrocities stems from fear of punishing soldiers. According to the UN, as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians may have died in the last few months of the fighting [AP: File] The United Nations has condemned Sri Lanka’s government for failing to investigate civil war-era atrocities, suggesting the government was afraid of… Read more »
India’s leader might make religion a focal point before his 2019 election 4 Hours Ago | 00:48 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial decision to install a rabble-rouser as leader of India’s most populous state may signal a new direction in his policy platform and potentially sow seeds of religious tension. Following an impressive victory in recent state elections, Modi’s ruling faction… Read more »
The crossings were at first closed in February following attacks in Pakistan which authorities claim have links to Afghanistan [EPA] Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the immediate reopening of border crossings with Afghanistan, more than a month after they were closed. Pakistan sealed the Torkham and Chaman crossings on February 16, after a string of suicide attacks killed more than 130 people… Read more »
Hundreds of thousands of Afghan children are expected to drop out of school this year, leaving them exposed to significant risks, an international aid group has warned. In a report published on Thursday, Save the Children said that more than 400,000 children in Afghanistan, more than 1,100 a day, might not attend classes, citing a growing instability in the country and… Read more »
Unfortunately, these past couple of weeks have been more tumultuous than usual, and that’s saying something. The Kabul hospital attack was genius in an atrocious way. Hospitals are seen as a sanctuary. A place that’s usually left relatively untouched in conflict/war. Attacking a hospital, however, provides the greatest opportunity to succeed in the terrorist’s goal. Security forces aren’t able to… Read more »
Police open fire after supporters and opponents of upcoming local election clash, leaving at least four people dead. The Unified Marxist and Leninist party organised a get-out-the-vote rally [Shreedhar Poudel/AFP] At least four protesters have been killed and four others injured in Nepal after security forces opened fire at a political rally, according to police. Thousands of officers were deployed… Read more »
Torkham and Chaman crossings reopened for 48 hours to allow stranded visitors in both countries to return home. Pakistan has temporarily reopened its two main border crossings with Afghanistan to allow visitors with valid visas on both sides to return home, the foreign office announced. Pakistan sealed the Torkham and Chaman crossings on February 16, after a string ofsuicide attacks… Read more »
At least 30 people killed, dozens wounded at Sardar Daud Khan military hospital in central Kabul, officials say. At least 30 people have been killed and dozens others wounded in a bomb and gun attack on a military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital, officials said. Defence ministry officials said the attack started at 9:00 with a blast at the front gate… Read more »
Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least five people, officials said, in the latest incident in a new surge of Islamist violence. One bomber was briefly on the loose inside the busy court complex in Charsadda district, but was killed by police some 20 minutes after the attack began, officials said. A second… Read more »