PAKISTANI TALIBAN, ARMY EXCHANGE PRISONERS
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Wednesday, July 31, 2002, Taliban supporter Muhammad Jaffer, right, is received by his unidentified relatives after his release from the Kot Lakhpat Jail…
South Asia
INDIAN TROOPS SENT TO HALT DEADLY COMMUNAL CLASHES
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE In this Saturday, Sept. 9, 2013 photo, people argue with Indian policemen during curfew hours following riots and clashes between two communities in Muzaffarnagar, in the Indian…
MALDIVES’ EX-LEADER: ANTI-ISLAMIC LABEL COST VOTES
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Mohamed Nasheed, center, Maldives’ first democratically elected president, addresses the media at his residence in Male, Maldives, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. Nasheed, who was ousted last year…
PAKISTANI PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN AS HIS TERM ENDS
By ASIF SHAHZAD Pakistan’s outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari waves as he leaves following a farewell ceremony at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Zardari is stepping down Sunday at the…
HUNDREDS PROTEST DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING IN KASHMIR
Kashmiris carry Adil Ahmed on a stretcher after he was injured in a shootout at Shopian, at a hospital in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Hundreds of people protested…
INDIA PASSES $20 BLN LAW TO EXPAND FOOD WELFARE
By KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Aug. 22,2013 file photo, an Indian schoolgirl eats a free midday meal at a government school on the outskirts of Jammu, India. India…
INDIA SAYS 1 WOMAN KILLED EVERY HOUR OVER DOWRY
FILE – In this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 file photo, Indian woman Pooja Chauhan, in her undergarments and carrying a baseball bat and bangles in her hands, marches to the…
INDIA FURY OVER GANG RAPES SIGN OF CHANGING NATION
By KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013 file photo, relatives weep during the cremation of a 5-year-old girl who died at a hospital where she was…