BBC News | South Asia | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.India tea region strike resumes- June 17, 2008 A strike called by separatists in India's tea-producing Darjeeling area resumes.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7458275.stm Extra UK troops for Afghanistan- June 16, 2008 British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase to more than 8,000 by next spring, Des Browne tells MPs.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7456551.stm Taleban 'capture Afghan villages'- June 16, 2008 About 500 Taleban fighters take over several villages in southern Afghanistan, local officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7457825.stm Blast near Pakistan Shia mosque- June 16, 2008 At least four people are killed in a bomb explosion outside a Shia mosque in the north-west of Pakistan, police say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7457665.stm Not so gloomy- June 16, 2008 Kaushik Basu on whether India faces an economic crisishttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7456148.stm Pakistan protests to Afghan envoy- June 16, 2008 Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan is summoned after Kabul threatens to send troops across the border.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7456019.stm Bhutto suspect freed in Pakistan- June 16, 2008 A leading al-Qaeda suspect held in Pakistan over an attempt to kill former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is released without charge.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7457254.stm Match abandoned- June 16, 2008 The volatile mix of football and politics in Kashmirhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7452374.stm Nepal's authorities waste no time in transforming the royal palace into a museum- June 16, 2008 Nepal's authorities have wasted no time in transforming the former king's palace into a museum, the BBC's Charles Haviland finds.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7456101.stm Policemen die in S Lanka attack- June 16, 2008 At least 12 policemen have been killed in a suicide bombing in Sri Lanka's northern town of Vavuniya, police say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7456080.stm |