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7 September 2010 Last updated at 19:45 ET

Kabul Bank investors' cash frozenArmed security guards outside the main branch of the Kabul Bank

Afghanistan's central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors.


Car bomb targets Pakistan police

At least 16 people are killed as a car bomb explodes near a police base in north-west Pakistan, in the second deadly attack on police in the region in as many days.

Angelina Jolie in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on 7 September 2010Jolie visits Pakistan flood victims

The UN makes a fresh appeal for Pakistan's flood victims as film star Angelina Jolie arrives in the country to highlight their plight.

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