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An Afghan anti-corruption court has sentenced a government accountant to 15 years in prison for corruption.

Two Indians accused of helping the 2008 Mumbai attackers were acquitted because of prosecution failings, the trial judge says.

India crash revives questions over runway safety

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says a lack of trust is the main obstacle to improved relations with Pakistan.

Children scratching out a living on Kabul's streets

Turbulent river forces Indian villages to move

Getting children off waste heaps into education

The Army's top bomb disposal officer resigns over fears about the future training of explosives experts, the BBC understands.

Sri Lanka hit back from defeat in Florida on Saturday to beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 match.

Investigators in southern India find the cockpit voice recorder in the wreckage of the Air India Express jet.

Insurgents attack Nato's main base in south Afghanistan, the second assault on a major site in recent days.

Endurance swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh swims across a glacial lake on Mount Everest to highlight the impact of global warming.

World leaders and communities around India pay tribute to the victims of Saturday's plane crash in which 158 people died.

A 13-year-old American, Jordan Romero, becomes the youngest person to scale Mount Everest, his family says.

Investigators seek to find the cause of the crash of a passenger jet at Mangalore airport that left 158 people dead.

UK ministers insist they are committed to reconstruction in Afghanistan, on their first official visit to Kabul.

Footballer David Beckham speaks of his awe for British troops while making a surprise visit to Afghanistan.

A plane crashes while landing near India's southern city of Mangalore with 166 people on board, leaving eight survivors.

Afghan police say they have seized a cache of hundreds of rockets hidden on the outskirts of the capital Kabul.

Pakistan's 'Bono' uses music to take on extremism