WASHINGTON - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived Monday in Afghanistan for an update on the progress in the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

RAIPUR - Three women Maoists were arrested Monday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.

LONDON - Militants linked to terror outfit Al Qaeda have banned "unrelated" Somalian men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, a media report said Monday.

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