Asia
Independent Appeal: The Afghan peace mission
Kim Sengupta reports from Farzah on a group of rural elders trying to break the cycle of tribal violence.
Inside Asia
Americans held in Pakistan 'wanted to join jihad' new
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting an increasingly violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a holy war and were in contact with militants through the Internet, officials said today.
Independent Appeal: When ID cards are a precious gift
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Andrew Buncombe: Charity scheme gives India's homeless an address and a bank account.
Synchronised bombings kill 46 in Pakistan
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Bombings in two Pakistan cities killed 46 people yesterday, as militants struck back in the wake of an army offensive against a Taliban stronghold in the northwest near the Afghan border.
Latest fatality takes Afghanistan death toll to 100
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The death of another soldier in Afghanistan has taken the number of British personnel killed in the country this year to 100, confirming 2009 one of the bloodiest years for the military in a generation.
North Korea defends human rights record
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
North Korean officials appeared before a UN human rights organisation yesterday amid accusations of widespread abuses such as forced labour, public executions and torture.
'Hawala King' is arrested after global hunt
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
A man suspected of being one of the world's most prolific underground bankers has been arrested in India after a global manhunt involving British police.
'Corrupt' Mayor of Kabul sentenced
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
A court has sentenced the Afghan capital's Mayor, Mir Abdul Ahad Sahebi, above, to four years in jail for corruption and ordered him to return £9,800 of public money which it said he had "wasted" in awarding a contract without following proper procedures.
Andrew Buncombe: A flight of fancy and a huge leap of faith
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
I've long argued that every time you take a flight, or get on a bus or make an overnight coach journey, you should be sure to talk to the person next to you.
Solider's death takes 2009 Afghan toll to 100
Monday, 7 December 2009
A British soldier was killed in Afghanistan today, taking the total death toll there this year to 100.
Marines launch their first post-surge operation
Monday, 7 December 2009
Operation Cobra's Rage aims to take back the city of Nawzad from the Taliban
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