South Asia News
- Afghan member of parliament Habibullah Jan is shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kandahar province, officials say. - Disgraced scientist AQ Khan says Pakistan flew nuclear material to North Korea with the knowledge of the army. - Communist allies of India's government give it a Monday deadline over the controversial US nuclear deal. - Indian inflation reaches its latest record high as food, fuel, cement and steel prices continue to rise. - Eight policemen die in an attack on a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, a police official has said. - India's truck operators call off their indefinite strike to protest against rising fuel bills and 'high' taxes. - South Korean police arrest several South Asian men suspected of trafficking heroin ingredients to the Taleban. - At least six people die and 12 are injured in a stampede during a festival in the Indian state of Orissa. - More than 1,300,000 tonnes of food grain - worth millions of dollars - went rotten in storage over the last decade in India, officials admit. - A fisherman in India who father was killed by a Royal Bengal tiger 20 years ago dramatically survives a similar attack in the state of West Bengal. - Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is free to play cricket after his 18-month ban for indiscipline is suspended. - West Indies legend Michael Holding resigns from the ICC over their decision to change the 2006 result between England and Pakistan. - The Afghan farmers caught in a struggle for survival - Excrement clearers join top models in New York - Kashmir protests highlight underlying problems
