Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 1

COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attacks which took place in Afghan capital Kabul Monday.

The twin blasts in Afghan capital on Monday killed at least 26 people, including nine journalists who were on the scene to report on the initial blast and were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber.(Sri Lanka-Afghanistan-Attacks)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian authorities had arrested 4,845 drug suspects in the first four months of 2018, down 31 percent if compared to the same period of last year, according to an Interior Ministry's anti-drug department report on Tuesday.

Some 2,844 are suspected drug traffickers and the rest are suspected drug users, the report said, adding that 71 of the suspects are foreigners in eight nationalities.(Cambodia-Drug dealing)

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand and the European Union have completed the process to bring the Customs Cooperation Agreement into force this month, Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri said here on Tuesday.

This agreement strengthens cooperation between New Zealand the EU in terms of customs procedures, supply chain security and risk management, she said. (New Zealand-EU-Customs procedures)

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NEW DELHI -- Two days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India has achieved electrification of all its villages, junior minister of Power R K Singh said on Tuesday that 82 percent of households now have access to electricity.

The Indian government has set a target of connecting every household in the country to electricity by December 31 of this year.(India-Electricity) Enditem