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The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices: A lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

Many Afghans fear that the identity documents and databases storing personally identifiable data could be transformed into death warrants in the …

How clean is my country?

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

7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan

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

Healing Afghanistan

The karez system could solve the country's water problems

In short

Ailing Afghanistan

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

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

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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 …

Ways to budge Karzai

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A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

Earthquake disaster not limited to death toll

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

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

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5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

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

Dust off the rust

Adequate research-funding can check stem rust resurgence