Afghans voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday despite Taliban attacks that killed at least 10 people.

Afghanistan will limit foreign involvement in two major anti-crime units in a move likely to worry its Western backers.

More Nato troops will die in Afghanistan this year, a US officer said, as a report emerged implicating Pakistan for collaborating with the insurgency.

Belacqua wonders whether the 23 universities and 23 Setas in South Africa have reached the tipping point.