All Asia: South & Central
Cover StoryUS legacy in Afghanistan: What 11 years of war has accomplishedThe lives of four Afghans provide a lens on how America's longest conflict has changed a nation 鈥� and the divisions and dangers that persist.
Panetta: Militant havens testing limits of US patience with PakistanDefense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the havens the country offered to insurgents in Afghanistan.
India eyes increased role in AfghanistanIndia is among regional powers eyeing a larger role in Afghanistan as聽the US prepares to pull back. Some Afghans worry about becoming a proxy battleground for India and Pakistan.
Dalai Lama's envoys to China resign in frustrationTwo high-profile resignations and an increasing number of self-immolations within the Tibetan community highlight a desperate effort to attract attention to the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet.- Suicide bombings in Afghanistan highlight difficult task ahead for US, NATOThe Taliban claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing today in Kandahar that killed at least 22 people. Officials say controlling suicide attacks in Afghanistan is near impossible.
Locals turn against Taliban in eastern AfghanistanTaliban-forced school closures and attacks have presented a big problem in Afghanistan. Residents in Andar聽are rebelling against the Taliban, but that doesn't mean that they are siding with the government.
UN sees significant drop in Afghan civilian casualtiesCivilian casualties are down in Afghanistan, according to the UN. Analysts say this has to do with the a drop in insurgent attacks and may be a sign of better US-Afghan coordination.
Nepal's political process derailed, againAfter years of delay, critics blame Nepal's dominant Maoist party for the impasse, in an attempt at ramming through a more radical constitution.- FocusDeradicalizing boys in PakistanPakistan's Sabaoon organization is working to reintegrate child soldiers trained to be suicide bombers back into society.聽
Pakistani official: Position to soften on NATO supply lineAn assistant to the Prime Minister says the country will show flexibility on the issue after NATO clearly expressed its displeasure in Chicago.
In Afghanistan, NATO exit plan raises concerns about stabilityNATO plans to transition security control to Afghan forces over the next two years, but many Afghans question their ability to hold the gains that have been made.- Why Pakistan still hasn't reopened NATO supply linesThe government of Pakistan is facing domestic political pressure to keep NATO's supply routes to Afghanistan closed, while the US resists apologizing or paying a high per truck fee.
- Pakistan bans Twitter, citing blasphemous contentActivists see the government's claims of blasphemy as a convenient excuse to rein in free-wheeling conversations on the social media site ahead of elections.
Afghanistan after the US: What's next?Challenges in Wardak Province, west of Kabul, are a mirror of those the Afghan government will face as US and NATO pull back from reconstruction and aid funding in the next two years.
Afghan insurgent attacks down: A sign of widening Taliban fractures?An independent monitoring group says insurgent attacks in Afghanistan are down 43 percent compared with this time last year.聽
Pakistan's price: US to pay $365 million more a year to reopen supply linesA US-Pakistan deal to reopen a key NATO supply route through Pakistan, closed for nearly six months, would raise the聽cost of the war聽effort in Afghanistan by about $365 million annually.- Second Afghan peace broker assassinatedGunmen killed a senior member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council Sunday morning, in yet another signal that some elements within the insurgency are against talks.
Bin Laden raid one year later: Pakistan's Army untouchedThe US Navy SEAL operation that killed Osama bin Laden last May threw the Pakistan Army into international disrepute. But in Pakistan, the Army has rebounded.
Obama's agreement with Karzai in Afghanistan short on specificsIn a move that both signals the close of the Afghan war and extends the US commitment here until at least 2024, President Obama visited Kabul to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan.
With blast, Taliban respond to Obama: 'You need to focus on leaving'The Taliban detonated a car bomb around dawn, shortly after Mr. Obama gave a speech invoking 'a new dawn' with the signing of a US-Afghanistan strategic partnership agreement.
