The triple bombing that killed 17 in the heart of India's financial capital has sparked anger over the government's inability to prevent terror strikes despite overhauling security forces after the 2008 Mumbai siege.

Indian officials called an emergency security meeting today to investigate three co-ordinated bombings that killed at least 21 people in the country’s financial capital in the worst terrorist attack since the 2008 Mumbai siege.

Al-Qaida militant leader Ilyas Kashmiri has been killed in US missile strike in Pakistan, the militant group has confirmed.

Afghan security forces arrested nine members of a terrorist cell and seized a substantial amount of explosives, foiling a plot to stage suicide bombings and other attacks in Kabul, the country’s intelligence service said today.