Bangladesh and India move to dial down post-Hasina tensions

Neighbors' top diplomats hold highest-level talks since fall of Bangladesh leader

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Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, third from right, and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohammad Jashim Uddin, second from left, meet in Dhaka on Dec. 9. (Photo by Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AFP/Jiji)

MASUM BILLAH, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- India-Bangladesh ties have sharply deteriorated since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster this summer, aggravated by New Delhi granting the deposed leader asylum and claims of a "genocide" against minority Hindus in Bangladesh.

From her safe haven in India, Hasina -- overthrown during a mass uprising against her 15-year rule -- has railed against an interim Bangladeshi government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

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