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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L), Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (2L), Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay (3L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (4L), the Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala (4R), Maldives President Abdulla Yameen (3R), Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2R) and the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa pose for a photograph during the closing session of the 18th SAARC summit at City Hall in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on November 27, 2014. South Asian leaders signed an agreement to improve cross-border energy trade in the power-starved region November 27, as a summit overshadowed by India and Pakistan's rivalry ended with little progress towards regional integration. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Niranjan Shrestha

South Asia and ‘nation-statism’

India’s decision not to join the SAARC summit in Islamabad was a triumph of “nation-statism”. But “SAARC” should be distinguished from “South Asia” a

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Maoists in an exercise at Saranbari, southwest of Kathmandu, on April 27.-PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP

For lasting peace

The people and the political players pull Nepal back from the brink, with some help from India; now it is time to let the U.N. to play its part.

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