Asia Compact | 24.04.2018, 18:00 UTC

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Asia Compact 24.04.2018 | 18:00 UTC Asia A bloody start to Afghan election process War-ravaged Afghanistan is expected to hold parliamentary elections this October but recent attacks on voter registration centers suggest that the elections could exact a higher toll than previously expected. Bomb attack kills scores of people in Kabul Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan Afghanistan in mourning after Taliban attack on army base Why is 'Islamic State' targeting Shiites in Afghanistan? Why Central Asian states want peace with the Taliban Pashtuns rise up against war, Taliban and Pakistani military Rana Plaza disaster: jobless and hopeless five years on Five years after the biggest industrial disaster in Bangladesh's history, no relief seems to be in sight for the thousands of survivors who are suffering from severe physical and psychological trauma. Slight improvements since Rana Plaza horrors Exploited: Garment workers in Bangladesh Unions hail deal to pay out for worker safety in Bangladesh garment sector Bangladesh: Sewing full-time for 61 euros a month Why cheap fashion remains deadly Garment factory working conditions in Bangladesh News Indonesian politician Setya Novanto gets 15 years prison over graft Indonesia's former speaker, Setya Novanto, initially tried to dodge anti-corruption investigators. He attracted global attention in 2015 when then US presidential candidate Donald Trump called him a "great man." Malaysian graft cases unnerve investors Wanted Indonesian politician Setya Novanto in car crash Indonesian anti-graft investigator Novel Baswedan defies acid-throwers Indonesian bishop resigns amid mistress, corruption allegations Indonesia's rightward tilt under a liberal president Police arrest man over deadly China bar fire A blaze in a three-story building in southern China has claimed the lives of 18 people. Police have arrested a man in connection with the fire, which they believe was started deliberately after a bar fight. Deadly fire at China nursing home What it's really like to be a journalist in China Sieren's China: Economic growth better than expected   © Deutsche Welle 2018