South Asia
6 US service members among 11 dead in Afghan plane crash
A C-130 transport plane crashed overnight at an air base in eastern Afghanistan, killing six U.S. airmen and five passengers, the U.S. ...Afghan forces recapture city center amid fierce clashes with Taliban
Afghan troops recaptured the center of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday amid fierce clashes with Taliban militants, three days ...Afghan officials say government retakes Kunduz; Taliban denies
Afghan officials said government troops recaptured much of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban insurgents early on Thursday, three days ...Afghan forces battle insurgents to retake key northern city
Heavy fighting raged inside the key northern Afghan city of Kunduz for a third day early on Wednesday as government forces, backed ...Indian court sentences five to death over 2006 Mumbai blasts
An Indian court sentenced five men to death and jailed seven for life on Wednesday for planning bomb blasts that ripped through ...Afghan forces fight to retake northern city from Taliban
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Kunduz on Tuesday as the government launched an operation to retake the center of the ...Taliban captures key northern Afghan city of Kunduz
The Taliban captured the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in a massive assault Monday involving hundreds of fighters, and now control a ...Bangladesh court indicts 13 in beating death of teenager
A court in northeastern Bangladesh indicted 13 people on Tuesday in the beating death of a 13-year-old boy that shocked a nation ...Pakistan postpones hanging of disabled death row convict
Pakistan has postponed the execution of a paraplegic death row convict following appeals by human rights groups, officials said Tuesday.Nepal adopts new democratic constitution
Nepal adopted its first democratic constitution on Sunday in a largely peaceful event, a historic step for a nation that has seen ...




