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Ashish Kumar Sen

Ashish Kumar Sen

asen@washingtontimes.com

Ashish Kumar Sen is a reporter covering foreign policy and international developments for The Washington Times.
Prior to joining The Times, Mr. Sen worked for publications in Asia and the Middle East. His work has appeared in a number of publications and online news sites including the British Broadcasting Corp., Asia Times Online and Outlook magazine.

Articles by Ashish Kumar Sen

Soldiers in the South Sudan army move toward frontline positions in Unity State. Tensions between Sudan and South Sudan erupted in late April into armed conflict along their poorly defined border. (Associated Press)

Sudanese activist says uprising is imminent

A Sudanese man who traveled to South Sudan in May to help rebuild a church and ended up being arrested, tortured and charged with terrorism while on a trip north to Sudan, says his countrymen are mobilizing to topple the regime in Khartoum and desperately need U.S. support.

September 4, 2012
**FILE** Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdul Wakil Warzajy (left), battalion commander, gives orders to soldiers of the First Battalion before they set out on a search and capture mission towards the village of Noor Khiel village, Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghan attacks on allies alarm departing nations

Western nations preparing to withdraw from combat in Afghanistan increasingly are alarmed by Afghan security forces turning their weapons on allied troops, attacks that the Taliban claim as proof of their sway over local troops.

August 15, 2012
**FILE ** People cheer during President Omar al-Bashir's speech in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. wants to mend ties with Sudan

The United States wants to improve ties with Sudan after more than a decade of strained relations, if the African nation ruled by an autocratic president under indictment for war crimes adopts democracy and respects human rights, a senior Obama administration official said on Wednesday.

August 1, 2012
** FILE ** In this file photo from July 26, 2012, Raul Castro speaks in Guantanamo on Revolution Day, the anniversary of the July 26, 1953, rebel attack on a military barracks led by Fidel and Raul Castro that is considered the beginning of the Cuban revolution. (Associated Press)

Castro open to talks ‘any day’ U.S. wants

Cuban President Raul Castro on Thursday said he is ready for talks with the United States, a day after the Obama administration slammed the communist government for detaining mourners at the funeral of a prominent Cuban dissident.

July 26, 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Kofi Annan, the U.N. envoy for the Syrian crisis, conferred in Moscow on Tuesday on efforts to end the fighting in Syria. (Associated Press)

Terrified Syrians pack up to flee capital

Fighting between rebels and Syrian forces intensified and spread across the capital of Damascus on Tuesday as diplomats scrambled to shore up a tough international response to the "civil war" ahead of a U.N. deadline for withdrawing observers.

July 17, 2012
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (center) is flanked by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi (left) and Chief of Staff Sami Anan at a ceremony at an Air Force base in Cairo on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in the Egyptian capital on Saturday amid growing concern in Washington that a power struggle in Egypt could imperil the transition to democratic rule. (Associated Press)

Power at core of dispute in Egypt

The power struggle that has pitted Egypt's first democratically elected president against his country's courts and military has drifted into murky legal waters, leaving analysts, officials and ordinary Egyptians scratching their heads over the question: who has the law on their side?

July 12, 2012
Abdul Hakim of Arlington blows on his ink-covered finger — a sign that he has voted — at the poll for Libyan expats at the Holiday Inn in Arlington to elect a 200-member General National Congress. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

From bullets to ballot box: Libyans freely cast votes

In Libya, voters will go to the polls Saturday to pick a 200-member General National Congress from 3,707 candidates. In the U.S., Libyan-Americans have been traveling to the Holiday Inn in Arlington since Tuesday to cast ballots at the only U.S. polling place established by a transitional Libyan government — a moment that many of them never dreamed they would witness in their lifetimes.

July 5, 2012
H.E. Pavlos Anastasiades, ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States, is interviewed at The Washington Times in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. (Ryan M.L.Young/The Washington Times)

Cyprus to pursue growth and austerity during its EU presidency

The government of Cyprus will rely on a combination of austerity measures and growth programs to dig its way out of a financial crisis that has forced it to turn to its European Union partners for aid, the Cypriot ambassador in Washington said Tuesday.

July 3, 2012
In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi speaks with representatives from political parties in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt’s Islamist president presents challenge for U.S.

The election of Egypt's first Islamist president poses a challenge for the Obama administration, which is grappling with the reality of embracing a leader whose worldview often has been at odds with Washington.

June 28, 2012
**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) prays next to Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun (second from left) at the Al-Rawda Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, during a ceremony marking the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammad. (AP Photo/SANA)

D.C. peace group disinvites Syrian cleric for dialogue

A Washington-based foundation has canceled a meeting with Syria's top Islamic cleric, a close ally of embattled President Bashar Assad who has vowed to unleash suicide bombers against the U.S. and Europe if the West attacks his country.

June 25, 2012