Afro-Asian Games slated
for next October
India will host the Afro-Asian Games from October 24 to November 1 next year.
The approval to stage the Games, which were to be held in November last year but got cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, was given by the Union Cabinet on Thursday, Information and Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj informed.
Sports Minister Uma Bharti, who will attend the coming Commonwealth Games in Britain, will announce the details of
the Afro-Asian Games, Swaraj said.