South Asia

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on August 1, 2022, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers (in brown) and Pakistani Rangers take part in the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar.
Indian Hindu priests perform an evening prayer ritual known as Arti at the Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the annual Magh Mela in Allahabad on January 5, 2015. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Hindu priests perform an evening prayer ritual known as Arti at the Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the annual Magh Mela in Allahabad on January 5, 2015. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
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aparna_pande
aparna_pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
5 Min Read
Pakistani soldiers provide security during a mass prayer for the victims of a school massacre, in Peshawar on December 21, 2014. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani soldiers provide security during a mass prayer for the victims of a school massacre, in Peshawar on December 21, 2014. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
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Pakistani children arrive at their school in Peshawar on December 20, 2014, after three days of mourning for the children and staff killed by Taliban militants in an attack on an army-run school. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani children arrive at their school in Peshawar on December 20, 2014, after three days of mourning for the children and staff killed by Taliban militants in an attack on an army-run school. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
4 Min Read
Indian students of Saint Joseph Degree college participate in an anti-rape protest in Hyderabad on September 13, 2013. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian students of Saint Joseph Degree college participate in an anti-rape protest in Hyderabad on September 13, 2013. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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aparna_pande
aparna_pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
5 Min Read
The husband and daughters of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for "blasphemy," at their residence in Lahore, October 13, 2014 (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images).
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The husband and daughters of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for "blasphemy," at their residence in Lahore, October 13, 2014 (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images).
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Nina Shea
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
Former member, Parliament of Pakistan
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi speaks at the 69th United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2014 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi speaks at the 69th United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2014 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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aparna_pande
aparna_pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
5 Min Read
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