 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kusvika pakati pema1990, Burns akatungamira hofisi yeNew York Times muNew Delhi, aine mutoro weIndia Subcontinent nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza, kubva kuAfghanistan kuenda kuBurma. Iye nemhuri yake vaigara muNew Delhi kunyangwe Burns aiwanzofamba munzira, achifamba nguva dzose kuenda kuKabul, Islamabad, Dhaka, Colombo neKathmandu. Akashingaira kufukidza zviitiko muAfghanistan, izvo zvakamutungamira kuPulitzer yake yechipiri muna 1997, panguva ino Nokuda kwekushinga kwake uye kujekesa kufukidza kwehurumende inotyisa yakatemerwa Afghanistan neTaliban. Burns akanga ari muBaghdad munguva yaitungamirira hondo yeIraqmuna 2003 uye akanyora zvakawanda pamusoro pehondo uye basa rakatevera. Muna July 2007, Burns akatsiva Alan Cowell somukuru wehofisi muLondon. Musi wa30 Gunyana 2007, Burns akagamuchira Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award pamwe nekuremekedzwa kweDoctor of Laws degree kubva kuColby College. 