Serial blasts in Asian country (6)

I believe the answer is:

israel

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'asian country' is the definition.
'israel' can be an answer for 'country' (Israel is an example). I'm not certain of the 'asian' bit.

'serial blasts' is the wordplay.
'blasts' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'blasted' mean this).
'serial' anagrammed gives 'ISRAEL'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for israel that I've seen before include "Middle-Eastern country" , "Serial (anag)" , "Jaffa's country" , "Serial about Jewish nation" , "Eastern Med nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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