what are countries in south asia?
Afghanistan Maldives Bangladesh Bhutan Tibet British Indian Ocean Territory Nepal Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan Sri Lanka Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
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 Despite its name , SEATO mostly included countries located outside of the region but with an interest either in the region or the organization itself . They were Australia , France , New Zealand , Pakistan ( including East Pakistan , now Bangladesh ) , the Philippines , Thailand , the United Kingdom and the United States . 

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 The majority of SEATO members were not located in Southeast Asia . To Australia and New Zealand , SEATO was seen as a more satisfying organization than ANZUS – a collective defense organization with the U.S. Great Britain and France joined partly due to having long maintained colonies in the region , and partly due to concerns over developments in Indochina . Pakistan , however , was simply interested in joining over the appeal of potential support for its long struggle against India . Last but not least , the U.S. upon perceiving Southeast Asia to be a pivotal frontier for Cold War geopolitics saw the establishment of SEATO as essential to its Cold War containment policy . 

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 South & South East Asia is the second most affected ; in 2010 this region contained an estimated 4 million cases or 12 % of all people living with HIV resulting in approximately 250 @,@ 000 deaths . Approximately 2 @.@ 4 million of these cases are in India . 

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 In Asia , the United States led the occupation of Japan and administrated Japan 's former islands in the Western Pacific , while the Soviets annexed Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands . Korea , formerly under Japanese rule , was divided and occupied by the US in the South and the Soviet Union in the North between 1945 and 1948 . Separate republics emerged on both sides of the 38th parallel in 1948 , each claiming to be the legitimate government for all of Korea , which led ultimately to the Korean War . 

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