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# South Asia


## South Asia


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76fca9855f3474d6/69ba8562ff8e27d78d3f4470/nepal_gas.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 18, 2026  
## [How Trump’s War With Iran Is Impacting Gas Prices in Asia](https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/asia-us-israel-iran-war-gas-prices-economy-hormuz/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
* ![At a New Delhi cremation ground, the funereal fires cool off only briefly late at night](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt148dbf9f886e8641/698a199809208f3915417f26/india-coronavirus-national-global-implications-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2021  
## [How India's COVID-19 Crisis Is Becoming a Global Emergency](https://time.com/6047957/india-covid-19-global-crisis-variant/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![Security forces patrol in Srinagar on Aug. 10.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e1b235af79b1340/698a04bc97cdff34296b9b93/atul-loke-kashmir-srinagar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 23, 2019  
## [India Is Starting to Lift Kashmir Restrictions. What Happens Next?](https://time.com/5706847/what-happens-now-kashmir/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Naina Bajekal
* ![India Revokes Special status of Kashmir](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a75f3c0e89ee3e5/698a01ca011682961497e175/kashmir-srinagar-soldier.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 23, 2019  
## [The Indian Government Insists All Is Well in Kashmir. But As the Communications Shutdown Continues, Its Citizens Are Struggling to Reach the Outside World](https://time.com/5659671/kashmir-indian-government/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Shahnaz Bashir
* ![Indian troops stand guard on Aug. 5 during a curfew in the Kashmir Valley city of Srinagar.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc15eb55e8eb2307c/698a010d457a52dd99d629aa/india-kashmir-conflict-public-opinion.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 8, 2019  
## [India Has Taken Kashmir, But Winning the Hearts and Minds of Kashmiris Will be Harder](https://time.com/5647323/india-kashmir-conflict-public-opinion/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Naina Bajekal  
* ![Indian Paramilitary soldiers stand guard during curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Authorities in Hindu-majority India clamped a complete shutdown on Kashmir as they scrapped the Muslim-majority state's special status](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt710da00daea37532/698a010c656a3fb699bd8b56/kashmir-dispatch-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2019  
## [Life Inside Kashmir During the Shutdown](https://time.com/5646005/inside-kashmir-communication-shutdown/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Fahad Shah
* ![INDIA-PAKISTAN-KASHMIR-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c7c2b56bdac397/698a00fa011682d71e97e01c/kashmir-eyewitness.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2019  
## [I Was in Kashmir When India Seized Control. This Is What I Saw](https://time.com/5646028/kashmir-blackout-eyewitness/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sanna Wani
* ![INDIA-PAKISTAN-KASHMIR-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ddcf44e8b4cbeb6/698a00efdb298711a8263ef1/kashmir.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2019  
## [What India's Plan to Revoke Article 370 Means for Kashmir](https://time.com/5644356/india-kashmir-article-370/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![HM_Unit_00554HotelMumbai_MarkRogers-1364.ARW](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab5df3c021597f99/6989472197cdff50136b7886/hotel-mumbai-hm_00584_rgb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 9, 2019  
## [At a Time of Rising India-Pakistan Tensions, _Hotel Mumbai_ Has a Powerful Message](https://time.com/5566544/hotel-mumbai-attacks-pakistan-india/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Alyssa Ayres
* ![Six Killed In Indian Military Aircraft Crash In Kashmir](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47ede7f2b3b4b614/6989460c22fb857361e27dfa/gettyimages-1127683375.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 28, 2019  
## [From Suicide Bombing to Captured Pilot: A Timeline of the Latest Crisis in Kashmir](https://time.com/5541090/india-pakistan-2019-tensions-timeline/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by George Steer  
* ![Indian policemen are seen patrolling during the clashes in](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54899725176f2078/698945df86f68ed9136eb6d2/kashmir-india-pakistan-srinagar.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 26, 2019  
## [Tensions Between India and Pakistan Are at Their Highest Point in Decades. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5538756/india-pakistan-kashmir-tensions-airstrikes/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![INDIA-NEPAL-BANGLADESH-WEATHER-FLOOD](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ec61b5d5d1d0c6/6988dbcc196cf47f71041b37/gettyimages-838243330.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 30, 2017  
## [South Asia Floods Caused 1,200 Deaths This Summer](https://time.com/4921340/south-asia-floods-india-mumbai-bangladesh-nepal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![PAKISTAN-CORRUPTION-PANAMA-SHARIF-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb61925355248929d/6988d7800a4a22258f9cf3b2/gettyimages-696180506.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2017  
## [Pakistan's Top Court Ousts Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif](https://time.com/4877846/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-disqualified-panama-papers/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nikhil Kumar
* ![Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stands at his desk in the presidential palace in Kabul on May 11, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta01d2a5a02fb5e4b/6988cd9286f68e1e126e4b8a/ashraf-ghani-afghan-president-andrew-quilty-office.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 18, 2017  
## [Read TIME's Exclusive Interview with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani](https://time.com/4781885/ashraf-ghani-afghanistan-president-interview/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nikhil Kumar
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 20, 2017  
## [Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif Escapes Ouster in Corruption Ruling](https://time.com/4747923/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-panama-papers/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nikhil Kumar

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