Michael Kugelman is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia Brief and a senior fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council. An analyst of the region for nearly two decades, he previously directed the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center.
The feet of a small crowd of people are seen at the top of the image, shadows of the rest of their bodies cast on the reddish dirt ground below. One person's arms are raised as they wave a flag.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance talks to Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar before boarding Air Force Two after attending talks with Iran in Islamabad on April 12.
Two men stand in front of a damaged two-story building, which is covered with pockmarks. The destroyed shell of a car sits amid rubble in front of the building. One man holds an automatic rifle and has his hand on his chin as he speaks to the other man.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, center, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, watch during the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
