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Adding women in peace talks can improve outcomes

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INTERNATIONAL

Women in peace negotiations.

China’s population policy drives human trafficking

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CHINA

Human trafficking into China.

Afghan foreign relations reach a crossroads

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AFGHANISTAN

The meeting included discussion on how to tackle the crisis created by the Taliban government’s ban on Afghan women working for the UN. On May 6, the fifth…

Pakistan will work harder to curb Baloch insurgents

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PAKISTAN

The attack, carried out by a woman, was claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), an ethnic Baloch separatist group. The BLA has long targeted Chinese infrastructure and…

Pakistan’s rising population will strain resources

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PAKISTAN

Pakistan's overpopulation problem.

Afghanistan’s marginalised groups face increasing woes

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AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban have increasingly fraught relations not only with Shia, most of whom are ethnic Hazaras, but also with other marginalised communities, including Salafis -- a small…

Risks to Pakistan’s religious minorities will increase

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PAKISTAN

The country’s religious minorities officially include Ahmadiyya Muslims, who frequently face discrimination by the Sunni majority. Pakistan’s Hindus and Christians also experience…

Pakistani Taliban are a growing problem for Islamabad

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PAKISTAN

Islamabad said the strikes were aimed at anti-Pakistan militants, but the Taliban described the action as “reckless” and retaliated by firing at Pakistani troops along the border…

Delhi’s spending will not ease Kashmir crisis

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INDIA

Legislation dividing it into two union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- was passed in early August, concurrently with the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special…

Prospects for Pakistan in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for Pakistan in 2019.