South Asia
Pakistan to release Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Baradar
Pakistan to release top Afghan Taliban prisoner Baradar. The Pakistani government has said it will release the former second-in-command of the Taliban ...Four found guilty in Indian gang-rape case
An Indian court found four men guilty of the fatal gang rape of a student on a moving bus in New Delhi ...Taliban attack Afghan intelligence bureau
At least four Afghan intelligence agents were killed and when a group of Taliban militants attacked an intelligence bureau in central Afghanistan\'s ...NATO airstrike kill 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
At least ten civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan provincial officials said on Sunday.Maldives votes for new president
With over half the ballot boxes counted, former president Mohamed Nasheed is in the lead in the much anticipated Maldives presidential elections, ...Pakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban fighters
Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, the ...Suspected US drone strike kills 7 militants in Pakistan
Pakistan intelligence officials say a pair of missiles launched by a U.S. drone hit a militant hideout near the Afghan border and ...Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan
An Indian woman author who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban has been shot dead in Afghanistan\'s Paktika ...IMF approves $6.7 bn loan for Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund\'s board approved a $6.7 billion loan package for Pakistan on Wednesday to help the nation revive its ailing ...One woman per hour killed in India over dowry payments
On average, one Indian woman every hour is killed in a dowry-related dispute, government data indicate.




