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News from South Asia

Anti-militant rallies in Pakistan

Protests over renewed militant activity are held in the Neelum Valley region of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, the BBC has learned.

Buddhist monks led a crowd that demolished a Muslim shrine in northern Sri Lanka last week, the BBC learns, amid calls for the government to act.

More than two million people in Pakistan are suffering from flood-related diseases following torrential rain in Sindh province, officials say.

A court in India grants bail to MP Amar Singh, who was arrested over an alleged cash-for-votes scandal during a crucial 2008 confidence vote.

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu begins handing out free laptops to schoolchildren in a $2bn programme described by critics as a waste of money.

At least nine people are killed in the Indian state of Rajasthan when two communities clash over a piece of land, police say.

The Indian owners of Blackburn Rovers call for fans to support the team amid increasing unhappiness over the club’s performances.

At least 25 people died in Kabul during Tuesday’s attack which the US ambassador has described as “not a very big deal”.

Afghan forces kill the last insurgents holed up in a multi-storey building to end a 20-hour attack on the US embassy and Nato HQ in Kabul.

A passenger train hits a stationary train in southern India, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 70 others.