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Afghanistan Refugee
No Country for Afghan Refugees: Mass Deportations of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran


Ruchi Sharma

This article focuses on the recent moves by both Pakistan and Iran to deport large number of Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan and seeks to analyse the issues associated with such a policy measure. It concludes that both countries need to adopt a humane approach to these refugees and encourage voluntary return rather than push them forcibly into a country where they are not sure of their future.

Bangladesh
Plight of Hindus in Post-Hasina Bangladesh: Yunus Government Should Not Be in Denial Mode


Ankita Sanyal

Rather than resorting to denial, which is symptomatic of the Yunus government’s lack of action, it should work towards improving the country’s law and order situation, preventing communal attacks by Islamic radical groups on the Hindus, that have continued with alarming regularity since Hasina’s fall.

Shia
Understanding Attacks on the Shias in Parachinar


Syed Eesar Mehdi

The town of Parachinar, located in the Kurram Valley of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, is one of the most wretched locations continually affected by sectarian violence in the country especially during the last two decades.

Sri Lanka
Political Change in Sri Lanka: A Strategic Overview from India


Imran Khurshid

India’s engagement with Sri Lanka’s newly elected government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, underlines the country’s strategic priority within the framework of its Neighborhood First strategy and Vision SAGAR.