For more in-depth analysis of South Asia's female militants especially those of LTTE, Sudha Ramachandran, Dying to be Equal Women Militants and Organisational Decision Making, Women, Security, South Asia A Clearing in Thicket, eds., Farah Faizal and Swarna Rajagopalan .. ..…

CIA-linked,  US-backed opium production shifted from Turkey in the 1960s, and to South East Asia during Vietnam War years,    the motivation was subversion and damage to Russia and China. ..…

We call on both sides to focus on national development and peace in South Asia,' the statement continued. . ..…