Archive for the 'South Asia' category

UN to boost Afghanistan security

The UN Security Council backs a call by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to offer more protection to UN staff in Afghanistan.

Blame and anger

Anti-US sentiment in Pakistan is spreading

Clinton irked by al-Qaeda ‘haven’

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finds it "hard to believe" Pakistan does not know where al-Qaeda's leaders are.

More poll centres for Afghan vote

Afghan election officials are set to open more voting centres in the run-off than they did in the fraud-riddled first round.

Blast rocks northern Afghanistan

A large explosion has rocked an area of northern Afghanistan following a Nato airstrike on a stolen fuel tanker.