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Economy‘My children did not attack Iran’: 2 billion South Asians bear the cost of a distant war

The prolonged and expanding Middle East war is driving up living costs for nearly two billion people in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal as energy routes become increasingly constrained. Although their reliance on Gulf supplies varies, poorer and economically vulnerable families are bearing the brunt, with one Pakistani mother forced to stop paying her children’s school fees.

South AsiaMiddle East warcost of livingenergy crisis

AAl Jazeera★★★★☆2026-09-18 10:33Original

‘My children did not attack Iran’: 2 billion South Asians bear the cost of a distant war
‘My children did not attack Iran’: 2 billion South Asians bear the cost of a distant warEconomy