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...attack government institutions. The deals meant that "the pressure was taken off" the militants, who are now "free to be able to cross the border and create problems for us," said Gates. Not that Americans are the only target - on July 7 a suicide bombing outside the Indian embassy in Kabul killed at least 40 people - an attack Afghan authorities blamed on Pakistani elements...
...expensive than it was in 2003; rice prices tripled between January and May alone. "Currently, inflation is not of domestic origin, and it's not as if the government has many instruments in its hands to deal with it," says Marut Sengupta, head of policy at the Confederation of Indian Industry. That problem has left some officials uncertain how to proceed, especially in countries such as Vietnam, which joined the World Trade Organization last year and has been opening up its economy to market forces. Vietnam suffers from the highest inflation in Asia; the country's Prime Minister, Nguyen...
...leader of the ANC's underground military wing, he insisted that he be photographed in the proper fatigues and with a beard, and throughout his career he has been concerned about dressing appropriately for his position. George Bizos, his lawyer, remembers that he first met Mandela at an Indian tailor's shop in the 1950s and that Mandela was the first black South African he had ever seen being fitted for a suit. Now Mandela's uniform is a series of exuberant-print shirts that declare him the joyous grandfather of modern Africa...
...Taliban regime - came out on top after the U.S.-led invasion scattered the Taliban and installed President Karzai in power. India has pledged about $850 million in reconstruction aid to Afghanistan - the largest amount from any nation without a military presence in the country, according to Chellaney - and the Indian embassy in Kabul attracts a daily crowd of Afghans applying for visas...
...killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq. Like the U.S. and the U.K., Bhaskar says, India has to become "more engaged with the reality of the problem" in Afghanistan. The embassy bombing shows that even nations without soldiers in Afghanistan can suffer casualties in its war. Says G. Parthsarathy, former Indian ambassador in Pakistan: "Very clearly, we are on the hit list...