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A US Marine secures an opium poppy field in southwest Afghanistan

As deaths in Afghanistan rise, so does the growth of opium

The Taliban, bankrolled by drugs production, have the upper hand over coalition forces

Inside Asia

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees on 1 December, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said today.

China mine explosion kills 42 and traps 66

Saturday, 21 November 2009

At least 42 miners were killed and 66 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at a mine in China early today.

Rescue workers inspect the train that was derailed by Maoist rebels in eastern India

Maoist rebels derail train after threat of crackdown

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Explosion on Indian railway track leaves two dead and dozens injured

Yesterday, the streets of the city were deserted

Karzai inaugurated – but where were the crowds?

Friday, 20 November 2009

Rejoicing is in short supply in the Afghan capital as the President's second term begins

Founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Killers of 'the father of Bangladesh' likely to hang

Friday, 20 November 2009

34 years after coup d'etat, officers convicted of killing Rahman lose their appeal

Barack Obama shows his skills in the Korean martial art of taekwondo to the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak

Behind Asia's nice manners, tough lessons for Obama

Friday, 20 November 2009

Frustrating tour of Asia has left America with much to think about

First challenge for Karzai is to approve corruption charges

Friday, 20 November 2009

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's promise to stamp out corruption has come up against its first test with the revelation that indictments against five high-ranking politicians on charges thought to range from embezzlement to money-laundering need only his signature to proceed.

Suicide bomber kills 19 in Peshawar bomb blast

Friday, 20 November 2009

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a courthouse in Pakistan yesterday, killing 19 people in the latest attack by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.

Sam Zarifi: If Afghanistan fails, who will pay the price?

Friday, 20 November 2009

Debate about the risks faced by the international community in supporting President Hamid Karzai’s “corrupt” Afghan government regularly omits the people that matter most: Afghans.

Hamid Karzai delivers a speech during his swearing-in ceremony as Afghanistan's president for another five years

Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president today, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country's security before his five-year term ends, after a fraud-marred election left his image in ruins.

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