South and Central Asia
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‘This is the saddest moment’: families search for loved ones on Eid after Kabul hospital strike
At least 400 killed in Pakistan’s strike on drug rehab centre, Taliban say, with families searching unmarked m…
- Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, India, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, US news, World news
Weather tracker: Unseasonal storms hit parts of Pakistan and India
Karachi particularly badly affected with 18 people killed, more than 50mm of rain and winds gusting up to 60mp…
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Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab
Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm In…
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Manure dryers and devil dancers: the British empire’s attempt to use photography to control India
In a new exhibition, the featured images reflect Britain’s attempts to classify and curb the subcontinent’s po…
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‘Waiting for days’: India feels impact of gas supply chain disruption amid Iran conflict
People struggle to cook and businesses bear brunt as closure of strait of Hormuz slows imports of liquefied pe…
- Conflict and arms, Global development, Global health, Health, Myanmar, Nursing, Royal College of Nursing, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
The Myanmar nurses dodging drones to graduate from a secret jungle school
This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-de…
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Pakistan to pause Afghan strikes for Eid, two days after deadly Kabul attack
Five-day cessation announced as mass funeral held for some of hundreds of victims of airstrike on rehab centre…
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Pakistan hopes steep cost of airstrikes on Taliban targets will protect against terror attacks
Experts say attacks on Afghanistan are ‘defensive, not offensive’ but carry a risk of spiralling cycle of viol…
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‘Almost human’: life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India
The silicon figures are a touching version of what the Hindi language calls ‘smaran’, or remembranceIn the nor…
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‘Everything was burning, people were burning’: witnesses describe strike on Kabul drug rehab centre
Pakistani strike on Afghan capital kills 400 people, who burned in their beds or were crushed by collapsing wa…
- Energy, Environment, Pakistan, Renewable energy, Solar power, South and Central Asia, Strait of Hormuz, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis
Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gasAfter p…
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Aftermath of airstrike on drug treatment facility in Afghanistan – video
An airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, killing hundreds. Afghan officials blamed…
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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital
Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman says death toll has reached 400 people ‘so far’ as Islamabad denies …
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Sri Lanka brings in four-day week to eke out stocks of oil and gas hit by Iran war
Effective closure of strait of Hormuz also affecting Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, which have brought in cri…
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‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who de…