South Asia News and Features
US missile strikes kill over 50 Taliban in Pakistan (2nd Roundup)
Jul 8, 2009, 17:07 GMT
Islamabad - More than 50 people were killed Wednesday in two separate strikes by US pilotless aircraft on Taliban in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region near Afghan border, security officials said. ... moreSouth Asia News
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Pakistan says uprooted civilians can return home next week (Roundup)
Jul 9, 2009, 14:10 GMT
Islamabad - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday announced that nearly 2 million people displaced by the military operation against the Taliban in the north-western region could start returning next week. ... more
Indian and Pakistani prime ministers to meet next week in Egypt
Jul 9, 2009, 13:32 GMT
Islamabad - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of a summit next week in Egypt, with the hope of resuming peace talks between the two countries, a Pakistani official said on Thursday. ... more
Death toll from tainted alcohol rises in India
Jul 9, 2009, 13:04 GMT
New Delhi - The death toll from tainted alcohol in India's Gujarat state rose to at least 76 on Thursday, the NDTV news channel reported. ... more
Sri Lankan government tells Red Cross to scale down its operations
Jul 9, 2009, 12:49 GMT
Colombo - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is scaling down its operations in Sri Lanka following an order from the Sri Lankan government, the Red Cross said on Thursday. ... more
Powerful blast near Afghan capital kills 25 people (Roundup)
Jul 9, 2009, 12:27 GMT
Kabul - Twenty-one civilians and four police officers were killed Thursday in a car bombing in the central Afghan province of Logar, while two NATO soldiers and 15 militants were killed in the southern region, officials said. ... more
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- India's Supreme Court to decide on homosexuality
- Red Cross told to leave Sri Lanka conflict zone
- Pakistan says uprooted civilians in Swat can return home next week
- Powerful blast near Afghan capital kills 25 people (1st Lead)
- Britain praises Pakistan's united front against terrorism
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Obama's Afghan strategy is put to its first major test (News Feature)
Jul 2, 2009, 16:00 GMT
New Delhi - Nowhere in Afghanistan do the Taliban hold more sway that in Helmand, the opium-growing southern province which produces more narcotics than anywhere on earth - and fills the insurgents' combat coffers. ... more
Polish engineer's refusal to convert costs him his life (Feature)
Jun 29, 2009, 5:28 GMT
Islamabad - Piotr Stanczak did not exhibit the slightest hint of hesitation when the Pakistani Taliban asked him to choose between execution and conversion to Islam. ... more
- Twenty20 win gives terror-hit Pakistan reason to rejoice (Feature)
- NATO's Baltic members endure testing times in Afghanistan (Feature)
- Is NATO sweeping up the EU's Afghan police mess? (News Feature)
- Skilled Afghans flee in hope of a better future (Feature)
- EU to spotlight Pakistan, Afghanistan in summit series June 17, EU summit June 18-19 (News Feature)
