More than three billion dollars in cash, gains from corruption and narcotics, has been flown out of Kabul in recent years.

Two protesters in Indian Kashmir were killed on Monday when security forces opened fire to disperse angry demonstrators.

Iran will “discipline” the West by holding off talks with world powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

The government launched a process of resettling tens of thousands of tribesmen displaced in a major offensive.

Intensified military operations against the Taliban are behind a surge in troop deaths in Afghanistan, Nato said on Sunday.