South Asia
Afghan civilian casualties top 11,000 to hit record in 2015
Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels for the seventh year in row in 2015, as violence spread ...Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala dies
Nepal\'s former prime minister Sushil Koirala died in Kathmandu aged 77 after a bout of pneumonia.Ethnic protesters in Nepal withdraw border blockade, strike
The main ethnic group that\'s been protesting for months over Nepal\'s new constitution is ending its border blockade and general strike, bringing ...Pakistan police arrest six over child wedding
Police have arrested six people accused of arranging the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl in eastern Pakistan, officials said ...Three protesters killed in fresh Nepal violence
Police fired on ethnic protesters in southern Nepal on Thursday, killing at least three and wounding eight, in fresh violence likely to ...At least 21 dead in Taliban attack on Pakistan university
At least 21 people died in a Taliban assault on a university in Pakistan Wednesday, where witnesses reported two large explosions as ...Suicide bomber kills at least ten in northwest Pakistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least ten people and ...Suicide bomber kills 13 people in eastern Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 13 people in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday at the home of a tribal elder ...Jailed Maldives ex-president allowed to travel to UK for surgery
The Maldives\' opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed, who is serving a 13-year jail term following a controversial trial, has been given permission to ...Pakistani boy cuts off own hand after blasphemy mistake
A 15-year-old Pakistani boy cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy, only to be celebrated by his parents and ...




