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Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'

Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.

Afghan police drug abuse 'rife'

Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to 40% of recruits testing positive in some areas, a US report says.

Pakistan kidnap boy not released

The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.

Modi faces Gujarat riot questions

The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, is summoned to appear before an inquiry into the deadly riots of 2002.

Vladimir Putin set to visit India

Russian PM Vladimir Putin is due in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts.

India rebel offensive intensifies

Indian security forces step up their operations against Maoist rebels, security officials say.

Pakistan drone raid 'kills 12'

Two missile strikes by US drone aircraft kill at least 12 suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

Pakistan attack kills aid workers

Militants attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.

Iran attacks US over Afghanistan

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.

Quota bill is a historic victory for India's women

Soutik Biswas on life in India

Pakistan bans for Yousuf and Younus

The Pakistan Cricket Board issues indefinite bans to former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan for "infighting".

Bangladesh drop batsman Ashraful

Former captain Mohammad Ashraful is dropped from Bangladesh's Test squad for the series against England.

War and peace

Ahmed Rashid on Helmand assault and Taliban arrests

'We just clicked'

Will more Indian couples turn to the web for love?

Cricket battle

Why Pakistan bans may have come five years too late

Afghan anxieties

Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch

Earth Watch

Will review of UN climate change body be unbiased?

Thin red line

Lone stand of anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan

India help for Sri Lanka amputees

An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.

China to build Sri Lanka airport

China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.

UK seeks Afghan political drive

Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.

Pakistan live burial convictions

A court in Pakistan sentences four men to life for the murder of two women buried alive in western Balochistan in 2008.

India sea cucumber raid arrests

A court in India bails two people after rare sea cucumbers were found at a restaurant in a five-star hotel in the capital, Delhi.

Indian MPs approve women's bill

India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women.

US warns of 'hard Afghan fight'

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns of "hard fighting" ahead, in his first Afghan trip since a major offensive there.

Sri Lanka emergency extended

Sri Lanka's parliament votes to extend the state of emergency until after next month's general elections.

Pakistan drone raid 'kills three'

Missiles fired by a US drone aircraft kill at least three suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, officials say.

Arrests in India tiger cubs death

Two villagers are arrested for allegedly killing two tiger cubs at a national park in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Bangladesh 'ignores' refugees

Bangladesh's government is ignoring the plight of thousands of starving Burmese refugees, a US medical charity warns.

India's Essar 'planning UK float'

Indian conglomerate Essar Group is reported to be planning to float on the London Stock Exchange, a move that could raise up to $3bn.

India to review economy stimulus

India's government unveils its annual budget, saying that stimulus measures introduced to boost growth must be reviewed.

'Liberation for Indian women'

Celebrated dancer Mallika Sarabhai explains what reserving parliamentary seats for women in India means to her.

Indian views on women's quotas

BBC News spoke to people in the capital, Delhi, about their views on the women's quota bill

Afghan war-weariness

Kabul residents determined to get on with life

Sri Lanka: 'Fractured democracy'

People in Sri Lanka discuss the latest political developments as they prepare for general elections in April.

Etiquette for techies

Indian computer graduates get etiquette classes

Marathi screen revival

The rise and rise of India's Marathi-language films

Pakistan's kidnapping business

UK kidnap case lifts lid on Pakistan's murky secret