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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

Three Britons from the same family are shot dead in a marriage dispute in eastern Pakistan, local police say.

Villagers mob Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani's convoy during his visit to a flooded lake that could soon burst its banks.

Pakistan arrests several suspects in connection with the failed 1 May bombing in New York City, officials say.

About 8,000 British troops based in Afghanistan are to come under the operational command of the US, the MoD says.

A cartoonist whose work inspired an internet campaign to draw images of the Prophet Muhammad apologises for her role in the row.

Christian schools in the Indian city of Mumbai oppose a proposal by civic authorities to promote Hindu culture.

Pakistani bloggers debate the internet crackdown

A senior Gorkha leader is killed by unidentified attackers in the Indian hill resort town of Darjeeling.

England Lions complete a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh with a day-and-a-half to spare in the tour match at Derby.

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf says that he plans to return to politics in the country.

The life and death debate raging over India's GM cotton

Search teams reach the wreckage of an Afghan plane that crashed on Monday, but officials say there are no signs of life.

The performance of Pakistan on their tour of Australia is being investigated by the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit.

Four die after a group of suicide bombers storm a police base in the eastern Afghan province of Pakitika, officials say.