-
South Asia
People In Srinagar, India, Hold Rally To Denounce Anti-Islam Movie
Kashmiri medical students protest against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Srinagar, India. Kashmiri medical students shout slogans against the United States as they march in a protest rally against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules…
Read More » -
South Asia
Sheeps From Australia Found Infected With Bacteria In Pakistan
A Pakistani laborer looks on beside infected Australian sheep at a farm on the outskirts of southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, Sept. 18, 2012. Pakistani government plans to cull thousands of Australian sheep, which were found infected with harmful bacteria after being shipped in Karachi about two weeks ago.…
Read More » -
South Asia
Suicide Bomb In Kabul Claims 12 Lives Including Foreigners
Afghan military officials investigate the site of a suicide car bombing in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sept. 18, 2012. At least 12 people, including eight foreigners, were killed Tuesday morning in a suicide car bombing in Afghan capital Kabul, the police said. <Xinhua=Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
Read More » -
South Asia
Indian Soldiers In Border Area Perform Religious Ritual
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers perform a ritual with their weapons on the occasion of “Biswakarma Puja” or prayers for Lord Biswakarma in Amritsar, India, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill> news@theasian.asia
Read More » -
South Asia
U.S. Army Starts Process To Cutdown Troops In Afghanistan
In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army soldiers identify, sort, catalog and prepare for shipping military materiel that is being pulled off the battlefield in Afghanistan as part of the drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops by Sept. 30, 2012 at the Kandahar Air…
Read More » -
South Asia
Pakistanis Protest Against Anti-Islam Movie Outside U.S. Consulate In Karachi
Pakistani Shiite Muslim protesters gather outside the U.S. consulate during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in Karachi, southern Pakistan, on Sept. 16, 2012. At least one person was killed and ten others injured as clashes broke out between police and protestors outside the U.S. consulate in Pakistan’s southern port…
Read More » -
South Asia
Pakistani Journalists Under Threat Of Militant Groups
In this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 photo, Pakistan security stand guard in front of the Press Club in Pakistan’s capital of Quetta, Pakistan. The telephone call to local journalists generally comes in the late evening. The voice on the other end is usually a Sunni militant with a statement he…
Read More » -
South Asia
Pakistani Muslims Protest Against Anti-Islam Movie In Lahore
Supporters of Jamaat ud Dawa (JD) shout anti-US slogans during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua Photo/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
Read More » -
South Asia
Monsoon Rains Inundate Indian City Of Allahabad
An Indian policeman shaves while sitting on his bed after flood waters entered the George town police station following heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. An Indian policeman leaves for work from the George town police station which was flooded following heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad,…
Read More » -
South Asia
Ban To Sell Fertilizer Provokes Anger Of Pakistani Farmers
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo, Pakistani customers from the tribal area of Waziristan buy fertilizer at a shop in Bannu, Pakistan. Pakistan’s efforts to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in a key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged…
Read More »