Furious floods

UNITED NATIONS

How clean is my country?

A collation of statistics on population density, water, sanitation and hygiene for 100 countries throws up disturbing trends

South Asia

Recognize environmental contribution of pastoralists: Experts

'Pastoralism should be integrated into agriculture and livestock to make agriculture profitable, conserve bio-diversity'

'Structures in rural Afghanistan highly vulnerable to shaking'

Relief organisations have welcomed support from the international community in the aftermath of the Hindu Kush quake

7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan

Tremors felt in many places, including Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi-NCR

In short

Ailing Afghanistan

Healing Afghanistan

The karez system could solve the country's water problems

Safe or smug?

The awareness of the looming threat of bioweapons has evoked a serious response from all over the world, except India

Food prices increase in Afghanistan amid conflict

A recent report said that 27.5 per cent of Afghanis are food insecure

Afghanistan's parched wetlands

This war-ravaged country is heading for a disaster

Will Human Rights turn around in 2019?

Crackdowns on the Right to Freedom of Expression intensified in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Only the Maldives shone …

2018 was an Annus horribilis for human rights in South Asia

Crackdowns on the Right to Freedom of Expression intensified in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Only the Maldives shone …

South Asia

South Asia

Ways to budge Karzai

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Earthquake disaster not limited to death toll

While many affected areas in Afghanistan are conflict-ridden, Pakistan faces administrative challenges

A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

With about 50 countries voting, 2014 could be world’s most democratic year

Lok Sabha Election 2014 in India is seen as the world’s biggest democratic exercise with more than 814 million people eligible to vote

April 2014 is world’s most democratic month

Citizens of about 50 countries will be voting this year to choose their leaders or governments

5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

This may be an aftershock of the quake that struck the country in October last year, experts suggest

South Asia

Taliban take-over of Afghanistan: India should be a first responder in the humanitarian crisis

The exit of American forces from Afghanistan has underscored the gravity of the new turmoil in India’s neighbourhood. DTE speaks with …