KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation’s Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.
NEW DELHI (AP) – The August 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest—an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government.