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Archives: South Asia
Trump in a Firing Mood; is US Commander in Afghanistan Next?
Wochit News | (Video News Clip) | - - "U.S. officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's doubts about the war in Afghanistan has led to a delay in completing a…
Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling
TeleSur | - - The ruling comes after months of hearings over Nawaz Sharif's alleged corruption. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned on Friday after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him from…
India: With 370% increase in Solar, aims at Electricity for all by 2030
World Bank. | (Video Report) | - - "With a sweeping commitment to solar power, innovative solutions and energy efficiency initiatives to supply its people with 24x7 electricity by 2030, India is…
Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Candidate Trump in his dynamic public rallies repeatedly criticized the former U.S. president for not winning anymore. Trump also mentioned, “If I’m…
Novelist Arundhati Roy and her mission to inspire in the ‘Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
By Ali Kazimi | (The Conversation) | - - Anjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over a few weeks to introduce and host…
Top 6 Things Trump didn’t know about Herat when he barred Girl robotics Scientists from US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US embassy in Kabul has denied a visa to 6 Afghan high school students from Herat to accompany their invention in robotics…
Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We walked in a single file. Not because it was tactically sound. It wasn’t -- at least according to standard infantry doctrine. Patrolling…
Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits ‘Not Winning’
TeleSur | - - The Trump adminstration plans to deploy 4,000 more troops, extending the nearly The official says troops will train Afghan soldiers, and fight Taliban and Islamic State group forces.…
Popular Protest against US-backed Government in Kabul: What is going On?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Two days after a deadly blast in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, why did thousands of residents and civil society activists participate in a…
The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought
World Bank | (Video Clip) - - "Due to its geographical position, Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Watch how communities in areas afflicted by recurring floods…
Could public anger over Kabul Bombing shake Afghan Government?
By Frud Bezhan. ( RFE/RL) | - - How did a sewage tank truck packed with explosives penetrate a heavily fortified area of the Afghan capital and carry out the deadliest attack…
Trump, Paris Accords and the End of the American Century
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As Trump seems likely to pull out of the Paris Climate accord, he will be creating several kinds of leadership vacuum. One is…
Is US Winning its Longest War? Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80
TeleSur | - - Health ministry spokesman Ismael Kawoosi said: "They are still bringing bodies, and wounded people to hospitals." A powerful vehicle bomb has hit the diplomatic area of the Kabul.…
Coal in Death spiral as India cancels 14 gigs, and Solar prices Plummet
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China and India have knocked the United States off the top spot of the index of best places to invest in renewables. Analysts…
How America’s Myth of the Infallible Generals gets us in Trouble
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - More, more, more. I was guilty of it myself. Commanding a small cavalry troop of about 85 soldiers in southwest Kandahar Province back…
India’s Electric-Car Plans could Leave Trump & US in Dust
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - India's announcement that it wants to have its automobile fleet go completely electric by 2030 is a bigger deal than it seems on…
Taliban Attackers Kill at Least 140 Soldiers at Afghan Base: Officials
TeleSur | - - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visited the base on Saturday, and in a statement condemned the attack as "cowardly" and the work of "infidels." At least 140 Afghan soldiers…
“Dear Nasemi: ‘I’m Sorry.'” (ICE doesn’t Keep out Afghan-American Coffins)
By Jonathan S. Addleton | (Informed Comment) | - - Dear Nasemi – I’m sorry. It is hard to believe that it was almost four years ago that we walked together along…