Set on fire after failed gang-rape attempt: Shahjahanpur student

A college student who was found lying without clothes and severely burnt along a national highway in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district has claimed she was set on fire after a failed attempt to......

Suicide bomber targets British embassy vehicle in Kabul, 5 dead

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul. Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters A suicide bomber attacked a British embassy vehicle in the......

'Pakistan will be China's eyes, ears in Afghanistan'

'India would not like to see Pakistani domination and tutelage of Afghanistan against Indian security and economic interests.' IMAGE: An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard near a checkpoint......

Taliban: What are India's Options?

'It is a testing time for our foreign policy which may involve a certain element of taking risks, assessing costs, and expecting failures,' asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: A......

It's Party Time In Afghanistan!

IMAGE: 'Nangarhar erupts! Unbelievable scenes in Jalalabad City!' exclaimed Afghanistan Cricket Board on X. Photograph: Afghanistan Cricket Board/X   Frenzied celebrations erupted all across......

Afghan cricketer dies after being hit in road accident

IMAGE: Najeeb Tarakai. Photograph: Afghanistan Cricket Board/Twitter Afghanistan cricketer Najeeb Tarakai died in a road accident after being hit by a car in Jalalabad on Thursday. The cricketer......

Afghanistan players nurture World Cup hopes

A place in the 2011 World Cup would be one way of giving the people of war-torn Afghanistan some joy and solace, says the country's cricket captain Nowroz Mangal. "Playing in the 2011 World Cup is......