South Asia News - AFP

COLOMBO (AFP) - The former head of Sri Lanka's army on Sunday alleged that the defence minister had ordered the killing in cold blood of surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders at the close of the country's civil war. Full Story »

MANAMA (AFP) - US General David Petraeus said on Sunday that Pakistan needs to put pressure on the leadership of Afghan Taliban operating inside its borders if long-term progress is to be made in Afghanistan. Full Story »

KATHMANDU (AFP) - An army major accused of torturing a 15-year-old girl to death in 2004 during Nepal's Maoist civil war has been arrested, officials said Sunday. Full Story »

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - In a year of watershed events from Berlin to Tiananmen Square, 1989 also witnessed the birth of one of the world's longest-running separatist insurgencies in Indian Kashmir. Full Story »

BHUBANESHWAR, India (AFP) - India successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a ship near the east coast on Sunday, a defence official said. Full Story »

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's government said Sunday it was seeking five billion dollars of foreign investment for power and gas projects to end a chronic energy crisis in the fast-growing country. Full Story »

DHAKA (AFP) - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Bangladesh on Sunday, seismologists said. Full Story »

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Classrooms at the Adivasi Academy in western India echo to the speech patterns of languages that may soon become no more than a meaningless jumble of noises. Full Story »

KABUL (AFP) - A suspected suicide bomber struck an upmarket district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding another 20 near a guest house, government officials said. Full Story »

KABUL (AFP) - A loud explosion rocked the Afghan capital on Tuesday, spewing out a huge cloud of smoke shortly before a major conference on tackling corruption was to begin, AFP reporters said. Full Story »