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South Asia Weekly Report 85
Aug 17, 2009

South Asia Weekly Report 85

The Sri Lankan government has decided against cutting back expenditure on defence, given that a fragile peace has been established only recently after the decimation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

South Asia Weekly Report 86
Aug 24, 2009

South Asia Weekly Report 86

The Sri Lankan government registered an official protest after the London-based Channel 4 television station telecast footage that showed Sri Lankan soldiers executing some blindfolded Tamil men in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

South Asia Weekly Report 88
Sep 06, 2009

South Asia Weekly Report 88

Sri Lanka ordered a senior United Nations official James Elder to leave the country with immediate effect. Elder was the spokesperson of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF).

South Asia Weekly Report 89
Sep 13, 2009

South Asia Weekly Report 89

The Sri Lankan government is establishing special courts to clear the backlog of cases against former LTTE combatants, who either surrendered or were captured by the Sri Lankan armed forces.

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume IX; Issue 36 | Clashes in Kabul
Sep 06, 2016

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume IX; Issue 36 | Clashes in Kabul

A gun battle in Kabul between forces loyal to Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum and Tajik demonstrators left at least one person dead.

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XII; Issue 23
Jun 11, 2019

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XII; Issue 23

Exploring much needed political reforms in the Congress party, the judicial reforms in Maldives and other recent developments from South Asia.

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XII; Issue 27
Jul 09, 2019

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XII; Issue 27

Exploring the flood situation in Bhutan, the India ferry system in Maldives and other news in South Asia.

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XII; Issue 40
Oct 10, 2019

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XII; Issue 40

Assembly elections and the challenges before the Indian National Congress, developments in Maldives — and other news from South Asia.

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XIII; 27
Jul 09, 2020

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume XIII; 27

With the United States preparing for a complete withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by mid–2021 mandated by the US–Taliban deal signed on 29 February 2020, Afghanistan will predictably witness a resurgence of increasingly visible manifestations of ‘great power’ rivalries.

South Asia weekly | Volume ix issue 52|
Dec 27, 2016

South Asia weekly | Volume ix issue 52|

The Taliban has said that it is giving China the go-ahead to restart a mining project in MesAynak and other roundups from South Asia

South Asia Weekly | Volume IX; Issue 43 | Back to the table
Oct 24, 2016

South Asia Weekly | Volume IX; Issue 43 | Back to the table

Taliban has restarted secret talks with government representatives in Doha, Qatar, according to senior sources and other roundups

South Asia Weekly | Volume IX; Issue 44
Nov 03, 2016

South Asia Weekly | Volume IX; Issue 44

USAID pledges $791 million in fresh aid to Afghanistan to support Afghan-led development programmes and other roundups

South Asia Weekly | Volume IX; Issue 51 |
Dec 19, 2016

South Asia Weekly | Volume IX; Issue 51 |

US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter made his final trip to Afghanistan on 9 December as President Barack Obama winds down his presidency

South Asia's Berlin walls
Jun 05, 2015

South Asia's Berlin walls

Detritus of 1947 is being cleared. In Dhaka, Modi must unveil forward-looking economic agenda for region. A positive dynamic in the east may be extended to the north and the west.

South Asia-2011: Focus of global economy and security
Jan 21, 2012

South Asia-2011: Focus of global economy and security

It is four years since Observer Research Foundation launched an exclusive South Asia Weekly, with scholars specialising in individual nations of the region presenting a weekly report of individual countries with their assessments.

South Asia: Is This SAARC Summit Any Different?
Nov 17, 2011

South Asia: Is This SAARC Summit Any Different?

The meeting of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with his Pakistani counterpart, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, on 10 November 2011 on the sidelines of the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) summit in the Maldives, should be welcomed.

South Asia: Towards dividend or disaster?
Dec 27, 2011

South Asia: Towards dividend or disaster?

Confronted with unemployment rather than gainful employment, rising aspirations and growing expectation, impatient youth could turn into a destructive force, giving rise to criminality and terrorism. Thus resultant social unrest may engulf South Asia.