Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10, Indian army officials said, Xinhua reported.
Six people were killed and 15 were wounded Aug. 9 when gunmen launched an attack on a former provincial minister outside a mosque in Quetta, Balochistan province, AP reported.
The U.S. government on Aug. 9 ordered all non-essential staff to evacuate its consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, due to the threat of attack, and also warned U.S. citizens not to travel to Pakistan, Reuters reported.
Three suicide attackers assaulted the Indian Consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Aug. 3, killing six people and wounding another 22, Indian officials and local police said, Reuters and AP reported.
Twelve lawmakers from India's ruling Congress Party have quit the Andhra Pradesh regional assembly in protest of the decision to create the state of Telangana, the BBC reported Aug. 2.
U.S. President Barack Obama has a timeline for ending the U.S. program of airstrikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a televised interview Aug. 1 following talks with the Pakistani government, Reuters reported.
