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Obama slows Afghanistan pullout, 8,400 troops to stay
Jul 06, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Wednesday put the brakes on the US pullout from Afghanistan, saying 8,400 troops will remain in the war-ravaged country into next year...
11 Kurdish rebels, 3 Guards killed in Iran
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
Eleven Kurdish rebels and three of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed in clashes near the Iraqi border, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "A ...
US carries out first Taliban strikes under new rules
Jun 24, 2016 (AFP)
The US military has carried out its first air strikes against Taliban targets in Afghanistan under newly approved rules, the Pentagon said Friday. President Bar...
India PM Modi heads to Uzbekistan to woo China's Xi
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week on the sidelines of a summit in Uzbekistan, the Indian foreign ministry said Wedne...
Nepali guards among at least 25 killed in Afghanistan attacks
Jun 20, 2016 (AFP)
A busload of Nepali security guards were among 25 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghanistan Monday, days after Washington expanded the US militar...
Harris gets $1.7 billion Afghan supply contract
Jun 17, 2016 (UPI)
Harris Corp. has been awarded a $1.7 billion firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multi-year contract to provide Afghanistan with Harris r...
Azerbaijan announces major war drills near Nagorny Karabakh
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
Azerbaijan is to launch major military exercises near the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region, its defence ministry said Friday, two months after fierce clashes w...
Canada wrongly detained, abused Afghan prisoners: military police
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly half of the Afghans captured by Canadian troops in 2010 and 2011 had no links to the Taliban and were illegally held far longer than Ottawa has publicly ...
Russian base in Tajikistan receives 100 vehicles
Jun 14, 2016 (UPI)
About 100 new armored personnel carriers and tanks have reportedly been delivered to Russia's 201st military base in Tajikistan. "Within the planned rearmament,...
Obama approves more aggressive Taliban fight
Jun 10, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama has ordered the US military to tackle the resurgent Taliban more directly -- in tandem with Afghan allies, officials said Friday, ratchet...
Civilian deaths undermining US military missions
Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)
The United States underestimates the long-term impact of civilian deaths on its military missions and is failing to implement lessons learned from 15 grueling y...
Xinjiang residents must submit DNA for passports: media
Jun 07, 2016 (AFP)
Residents of a border district in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when applying for passports, according to official local...
China restricts Ramadan fasting in Muslim region
Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese officials have restricted civil servants, students and children in a mainly Muslim region from fasting during Ramadan, government websites said as the h...
Afghan forces improve performance over last year: US general
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
Afghan forces have improved their performance over last year, a time when they saw a series of setbacks in their struggle against the Taliban, a United States g...
How to spot a militant: Pakistani army removes roofs in Waziristan
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
House after house flicks by hundreds of feet beneath a military helicopter, many distinguished by one arresting feature: their roofs have been removed by the ar...
PKK bomb kills six soldiers in southeast Turkey: army
May 24, 2016 (AFP)
Six soldiers were killed and two others wounded when a bomb hit a military convoy in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, the army said, blaming Kurdistan Workers Party...
Strike on Taliban chief shows dimming US hopes for Afghan peace
May 24, 2016 (AFP)
The US killing of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour marks a significant shift for President Barack Obama, highlighting a new willingness to target the group's...
Obama confirms Taliban leader's death in US strike
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an "important milestone" in e...
Taliban leader killed because seen as 'imminent threat':Pentagon
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike because he represented a "specific imminent threat" to US and coalition forces in Afghanist...
Pakistan to host meeting on reviving Afghan Taliban talks
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan will on Wednesday host a new round of four-nation Afghan peace talks aimed at reviving long-stalled negotiations with the Taliban, a foreign office off...
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