Peshawar, July 16: The Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), a hard-line mujahideen group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has blamed the Northern Alliance (NA) for the last week’s suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul killing 58 persons, including four Indians.

In a statement, the HIA said that the Alliance backed such terrorist attacks due to its animosity towards Pakistan.

However, the statement dismissed the allegations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Pakistan was behind the attack, the Daily Times reported.

“Certain leaders holding positions in Karzai’s cabinet belonged to the NA. Those (NA) people want to create differences between India and Pakistan with such tactics,” the statement added.

Manila - Philippine government and Muslim rebel negotiators began a two-day meeting in Malaysia Wednesday in a bid to resolve disagreements that have stalled formal peace talks for months.

Melbourne, July 15 : Only one in five police officers Down Under believe that a woman should report being raped by her husband, says a new survey.

New Delhi, July 15: The Sichuan earthquake has left 1.4 million farmers in about 4,000 remote villages in absolute poverty, an anti-poverty official said Monday.

New Delhi, July 14 : India lags behind 40 other countries in industrial competitiveness, faring poorer