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Pakistan
Pakistan's relations with neighbouring Afghanistan remain frosty, with the latter's suspicion toward the former having intensified on the back of the Indian embassy bombings in Kabul...
2008-07-09India
The Indian Embassy in Kabul was the target of a suicide bomb killing at least 40 people on July 7. Two senior diplomats and three other Indians are believed to be among the casualties....
2008-07-07Sri Lanka
Colombo has seen a series of bomb attacks on buses and trains lately that have resulted in at least 32 deaths and more than 100 injuries. The government has blamed these attacks on...
2008-06-13Bangladesh
A military reshuffle on June 2 strengthened the position of army chief General Moeen U Ahmed. Principal Staff Officer Lt-Gen. Masud Uddin Chowdhury, Moeen's main rival, was transferred...
2008-06-11India
The pressure on the government is now mounting as the Karnataka state elections in May extended the Congress Party's losing trend ahead of the upcoming national elections, due in...
2008-06-09Pakistan
Despite ongoing criticism, murmurings of impeachment and efforts by the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to curtail his clout, President Musharraf continues to guard his position....
2008-06-09Pakistan
As we go to print the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has announced that he and his PML-N party members will leave the newly elected government coalition due to the failure to...
2008-05-13India
The first stage of the Karnataka state elections began on May 10 in what has become a key gauge for the next national elections, due before May 2009. The election campaign was hard-fought,...
2008-05-12
