Most definitions of South Asia do include Afghanistan in it, and it is a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
Any sources on those "most definitions"?
It's a member of OSCE, but isn't European (like 2/3rd of members). And SAARC doesn't include Burma, while being created originally to include territories forming Raj. It's almost as if the name of the association is meaningless.
Edited by Dratewka
Wikipedia has a list of sources that include Afghanistan in South Asia, not to mention India has acknowledged Afghanistan as part of South Asia with their new citizenship amendment bill, they share history with India due to several Afghan rulers being exiled there, the Pashtuns also make up a large portion of Pakistan's population with their homeland being split between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pakistan's antics in the country and the Taliban causing trouble in Pakistan as well.
Edited by CookingCat
People, I get it, this is a trope and it simplifies things around, but Afganistan is explicitly NOT South Asia, no matter how you bend the definition. I get it, there is no trope for Central Asia terrorists (so all the various groups from Afganistan, Uzbekistan and Turkiestan or how Chinese label Uyghurs), but labelling Afganistan as South Asia is an equivalent of saying taco is your favourite Italian dish.
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