abroad".

On September 18, 1948, Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos, the commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State Forces, surrendered his army to Indian troops under Major General J N Choudhuri, who later became the Army chief. Hyderabad became an independent state between 1948 and 1956, and then it was split up among Andhra Pradesh, Bombay — later divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra — and Karnataka.Two foreign journalists shot in Afghanistan, one killed

KABUL: Two female Western journalists have been shot in eastern Afghanistan, according to officials. One was killed in the attack, while the other was critically wounded.

A man dressed as a policeman shot the two foreign journalists on Friday, officials said. The incident occurred in a remote small town in Khost province near Afghainstan's border with Pakistan. Police told the DPA news agency that the reporter killed in the attack was a German photographer, while a Canadian reporter was wounded. Both work for the Associated Press.

"Two female journalists were shot this morning inside a district police headquarters; one has been killed, while the other is seriously wounded," said Khost provincial police spokesman Mobarez Mohammad Zadran.

The woman killed Friday is the second Western