Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered U.S. special operations forces to leave Wardak province within two weeks, a presidential spokesman said, BBC reported Feb. 24.

Four suicide bombers launched attacks across Afghanistan on Feb 24, leaving at least two soldiers and a bomber dead and seven people wounded, including three policemen and a security guard, security officials said, The Guardian reported.

Two people were killed and dozens injured when clashes broke out Feb. 23 at a strike called by Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party, Xinhua reported.

An unexploded bomb was found five kilometers (3.1 miles) from the blast site in Hyderabad, according to a message Times Now posted on Twitter on Feb. 21.

There are conflicting reports of a third blast in Hyderabad, Times Now reported Feb. 21.

At least 10 people have been killed and 50 injured in three blasts in a commercial area of Hyderabad, India, on Feb. 21, NDTV and Reuters reported.

India's 11 registered trade unions will go on a two-day strike beginning overnight Feb. 19 in protest of the ruling party's policies, including price increases and poor implementation of labor laws, the Indian news channel Zee News reported.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will issue a decree Feb. 17 banning Afghan security forces from requesting the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force to carry out operations or airstrikes in Afghanistan, Karzai said Feb. 16, AP reported.