The 10 dead included eight Afghan policemen, a security guard whose nationality was not immediately known and an Afghan municipal worker, according to Kabul police official Farooq Asas. Read article British compound in Kabul hit by suicide blasts
A new Bollywood film, Aarakshan, which focuses on affirmative-action programmes for the Dalits, the untouchables, has ignited protests across India and brought criticism from politicians and low-caste minority groups.
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Protests over Bollywood film about caste quotas
The federally administered tribal area, or Fata, is the last region of Pakistan to be granted democracy. The first of the two presidential orders this month lifted a ban on political party activity in the Fata, a major step toward universal suffrage.
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Democracy lands in Pakistan's tribal regions
The US has gotten revenge for the deaths of 38 men killed when the Taliban shot down a helicopter last week. Taliban leader Mullah Mohibullah and the insurgent who fired the shot that felled the Chinook were killed in an air strike Tuesday, Nato forces said.
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Nato strike kills Taliban chief and insurgent who shot down helicopter