South Asia

Afghan security forces inspect the scene of an attack on a clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2020. (Haroon Sabawoon via Getty Images)

Afghan security forces patrol during ongoing clashes between security forces and Islamic State militants in eastern Nangarhar province on July 26, 2016. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images)

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauds during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden at the White House on June 22, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)

The presidents of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Vehicles travel along the treacherous Srinagar Leh highway on August 27, 2024, in Ladakh, India. Ladakh is a strategically important region due to ongoing territorial disputes with Pakistan and China. (Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)

A Scorpène-class submarine is launched at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai on April 20, 2022. (Ashish Vaishnav via Getty Images)

Use this for the caption: Flags on display at an India–United States summit meeting on February 25, 2020, in New Delhi. (Pallava Bagla via Getty Images)

Workers install a solar panel at the Adani Group–owned Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Khavda on January 12, 2024. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images)

Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party take part in a public rally in Lahore on September 21, 2024. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)

People wave Indian flags as an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state, on July 14, 2023. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images)

The Russian foreign minister and the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan attend the Moscow Format in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2024. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)