Pakistan’s terrorist and insurgent guerillas are taking their fight to Pakistan’s cities. Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar now join remote mountain outposts as venues for battles furthering Taliban and al-Qaeda guerilla strategy. The recent spate of bombings and paramilitary assaults in Pakistani cities continues a widespread trend of urban siege in south Asia. Terrorism and insurgency has shifted out of its predominantly rural context to embrace bloodshed in cities. While tactically successful, however, the attacks are of uncertain strategic quality.

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There has to be something wrong with Indian society for it to allow its children to be among the most deprived and malnourished in the world. Across castes and social classes, there is so little attention given to the inalienable right of a child to enjoy a childhood of good health, education and a nutritious diet.

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A year on from the election of Barack Obama as United States president, the conflicts that dominated Washington’s concern under his predecessor are still raging - and even increasing in intensity.

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The frenetic urban growth of Bangladesh's capital forces its inhabitants into new ways of living

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Local elections in the restive Indian state have reshaped Kashmir's landscape of conflict