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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
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Armed Taliban security personnel near the closed gates of a border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on September 6, 2023. (Shafiullah Kakar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra bows to a portrait of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana at Don Mueang International Airport on August 22, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lauren DeCicca via Getty Images)
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Security personnel stand guard in front of the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on September 19, 2023. (Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey British Columbia, Canada, on September 19, 2023. (Don MacKinnon/AFP via Getty Images)
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US army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021. (Isaiah Campbell via DVIDS)
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A Taliban flag at the Afghanistan embassy in Beijing on September 19, 2023. (Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India, on September 9, 2023. (Ministry of External Affairs of India via Flickr)
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Afghans make their way through a flooded street toward a nearby airport entrance to try their chance at evacuating out of the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 25, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside US President Joe Biden in the White House on June 23, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 7, 2023. (Ministry of External Affairs of India via Flickr)
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A high angle view of Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road in the old city area of Saddar, Karachi. (Getty Images)
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Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
