India will be increasingly key to Asian drug cartels

Narcotics trafficking in north-eastern India is up

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Thailand’s Prayut will push through obstacles

The prime minister is losing support but has survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote

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The president's supporters rallied on Independence Day to back an agenda increasingly rejected by other powerful sectors

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The Taliban will have to deal with direct threats from Islamic State and quietly contain other foreign jihadists

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Four months on, the president's tough new measures to improve security in the east are showing few signs of progress

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Ankara is exploring the consequences of a Taliban-run Afghanistan for Turkish foreign policy in Central Asia

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Foreign military interventions have enjoyed considerable success, but the insurgency has deep roots

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Malians are debating whether the transition to democracy should be extended

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Afghanistan's army fought a long war, so post-factum analysis that defeat was inevitable does not explain what happened

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The Taliban victory has significant implications for Delhi and Islamabad

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