All Asia: South & Central
Female suicide bomber kills foreigners in Kabul in response to videoTuesday’s suicide bomb attack in Kabul killed at least 12 people. Responsibility was claimed by a moderate insurgent group that has rarely struck inside the Afghan capital.
India: Bring on the Wal-Mart greetersThe Indian government has loosened restrictions on foreign investment in retail, paving the way for Wal-Mart to open retail stores here.
Afghanistan anti-US protests heartfelt and spontaneousDemonstrations against the anti-Islam YouTube clip turned violent in Kabul Monday. Afghan clerics haven't pushed for public protests. Instead demonstrators took their cues from news of riots elsewhere.
Afghanistan: Six killed by insiders, insurgents blow up $180m in jetsGreen-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 51 international troops this year.
Pakistan avoids inflaming anti-US protestsStrong anti-US protests have swept across more than a dozen countries in response to an inflammatory video, but Pakistan's response has been comparatively muted because of preemptive government action.
Religious groups rally across Pakistan over anti-Islam filmDemonstrators in cities across Pakistan took to the streets to call for punishment against the makers of a film that insulted Islam.
Afghans take over Bagram jail: A step forward for justice?Some Afghans and Americans have questioned whether the Kabul government will be able to manage Bagram prison justly, now that the United States has handed over control.
Monitor report: Charged with murder, Indian Army officer got passport, fled to USA Monitor investigation finds that despite being wanted in India for the murder of a human rights lawyer in Kashmir, Maj. Avtar Singh was given a passport. He killed his family this June in the US.
Indian artist jailed for anticorruption cartoonsAseem Trivedi was arrested on charges of sedition and insulting national honor, raising concerns in India that the government is increasingly intolerant of dissent.
In Pakistan, girl freed but blasphemy debate still stuckActivists seeking to reform Pakistan's stringent blasphemy laws had hoped this case would spur change.
Progress WatchIndia and Pakistan sign landmark visa dealFor the first time ever, the two nuclear rivals have introduced tourist visas, sparking excited Facebook posts from Pakistanis eyeing a trip to the Taj Mahal and Indians looking to visit Harappa.
As Pakistani Christian girl is granted bail, critics call for blasphemy law reformA Pakistani judge granted bail today to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of burning pages of the Islamic holy book.- Will US terrorist label for Haqqani network push Pakistan into a corner?Secretary of State Clinton officially designated the militant Haqqani network as a terrorist organization, raising concern among analysts that this could hurt US-Pakistani relations.
- Pakistan government expels Save the Children staff for alleged ties to CIAThe aid group, Save the Children, is accused of being used as a cover for the CIA while it was hunting for Osama bin Laden.
Insider attacks: How US and Afghan troops see the mission nowThe US has halted some police training and the Afghan military has dismissed hundreds of recruits in a bid to stem insider attacks. But joint missions go on.
Suicide attack on US car in Pakistan shows resistance to offensiveTerrorist attacks have increased in Pakistan since the announcement last month by US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about Pakistan’s openness to a possible North Waziristan operation.
Blasphemy case: Christian girl's accuser arrested for planting evidencePakistani police have arrested Muslim cleric Khalid Chishti after his deputy came forward to accuse Mr. Chishti of adding burnt pages of the Quran to an evidence submission.
Pakistani blasphemy case: Neighbors of the accused girl worry about violenceNeighbors who had fled their homes when the young Christian girl accused of blasphemy was jailed more than two weeks ago are returning home amid an emotionally charged atmosphere.- Uzbekistan, key to Afghan war drawdown, to ban foreign military basesUzbekistan, which is seeking closer ties to the US, may have made the move in a bid to ease concerns of China and Russia, which are both dominant actors in Central Asia.
Pakistani blasphemy case: latest twist in young girl's fateThe accuser claims that the young Christian girl said to have Down's syndrome is part of an international conspiracy to ridicule Islam, raising concern among observers about a fair trial.
