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A soldier from 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment preparing to board a Chinook helicopter in Helmand Province as part of Operation Tor Shezada

In the darkness Nato troops draw Taliban into their trap

Kim Sengupta joins 'Operation Black Prince' targeting deadly insurgents in Helmand.

Inside Asia

Police 'failed Sri Lanka team' during terrorist attack

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Senior pakistan police officers have been heavily criticised in a report for being ill-prepared, poorly equipped and incompetent in their efforts to prevent a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team bus last year.

Scarlett Keeling's mother testifies at trial in India

Saturday, 31 July 2010

The mother of the murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling told a court yesterday how she heard the news of her daughter's death in a phone call.

Three shot dead in Kashmir violence

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Paramilitary soldiers fired on thousands of demonstrators in Kashmir yesterday, killing three men and wounding at least 80 others, as protests against Indian rule spread across the disputed region.

Floods in Pakistan kill more than 400 people

Saturday, 31 July 2010

The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 yesterday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

'Successful' start to fresh assault on Taliban

Friday, 30 July 2010

The assaul is a small operation continuing the momentum gathered by Operation Mostarak.

Mother told of Scarlett's death in call from boyfriend

Friday, 30 July 2010

The mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling today told a court how she learned her daughter was dead in a phone call from the girl's boyfriend.

Google says China search block may be tech glitch

Friday, 30 July 2010

Google said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem.

Patrick Cockburn: 'We need to talk to the Taliban'

Friday, 30 July 2010

David Cameron's controversial attack on the links between the Taliban and the Pakistani military misses the point. Those links are our only hope of solving this conflict, argues Patrick Cockburn

Tokyo's 'oldest man' died 30 years ago

Friday, 30 July 2010

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Rain hampers plane crash recovery efforts

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Emergency teams battled heavy rain and mud today to recover bodies strewn over hills overlooking the Pakistani capital after the country's worst plane crash.

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