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Eight Turkey troops killed in anti-PKK operations: army
May 13, 2016 (AFP)
Six Turkish soldiers were killed on Friday in a clash with Kurdish militants in the southeast of the country while two more lost their lives when a military hel...
US and Afghan forces free kidnapped son of ex-Pakistan PM
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
US and Afghan forces freed the kidnapped son of a former Pakistani prime minister during a counter-terrorism mission in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Tuesday, ...
Kunduz report shows US troops' continued Afghan combat
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
They were shot at "tens upon tens of thousands" of times, took part in multiple firefights -- and escaped death thanks only to an "absolute miracle." Testimony ...
Two Romanian soldiers killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
May 07, 2016 (AFP)
Gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms shot dead two Romanian soldiers in the country's south Saturday, officials said, in the first insider attack on foreign ...
Afghan poppy crop could fuel new Taliban attacks: US general
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
A bumper poppy crop in Afghanistan will help fund the Taliban and likely lead to fresh attacks on Afghan security forces after the harvest, a US general said Th...
Pakistan army courts sentence 11 Taliban militants to death
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan military courts have sentenced eleven Taliban militants to death for terrorism-related offences, the army said Tuesday. The nation has hanged hundreds ...
Turkish soldier killed in PKK bombing in southeast: army
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
One Turkish soldier was killed and 20 others were wounded when a car bomb blamed on Kurdish militants exploded in the Kurdish-majority southeast, the army said ...
Shrinking US presence in Afghanistan creates security concerns: report
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
The dwindling US troop presence in Afghanistan is hampering the Pentagon's ability to train and monitor local security forces, a government watchdog report warn...
No war crimes charges for US troops who bombed Afghan hospital
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
The US personnel who bombarded a hospital in the Afghan city Kunduz last year and killed 42 people will not face war crimes charges, their commander said Friday...
Pentagon to release report into Afghan hospital attack
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon is poised to release the final report on its investigation into a deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan, a d...
India cancels visa for Chinese Uighur activist
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
India has cancelled a visa it gave to an exiled Uighur dissident, an official said Monday, after China protested and described him as a "terrorist" wanted by In...
Pakistan army chief sacks senior officers for corruption: sources
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan's army has fired several senior officers over corruption charges, senior military sources told AFP Thursday, in a rare display of accountability by the...
China wants Uighurs extradited: Indonesia
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
Beijing has asked Jakarta to send four Uighurs jailed in Indonesia back to China in exchange for extraditing a graft fugitive, a minister said Thursday. The Ind...
Pakistan's largest bank opens branch in China
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan's Habib Bank Limited on Monday announced it had received a licence to open a branch in China, a move that would make it the first South Asian lender to...
No kidding: Pentagon ran 'fancy Italian goat' project
Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)
US lawmakers keen to shear costs from expensive reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan are locking horns with the Pentagon over a failed multi-million-dollar pro...
US probes Afghan air strikes that killed 17 'civilians'
Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)
The US military is investigating air strikes it carried out this month in Afghanistan which Kabul said killed 17 "insurgents" but local officials and witnesses ...
Air strikes hurting IS group in Afghanistan: US
Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)
The Islamic State's nascent presence in Afghanistan has dwindled after the US military stepped up strikes on the jihadists, a US general said Thursday, but warn...
India trying to destabilise Pakistan, says army chief
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan's powerful military chief accused India Tuesday of being "blatantly" involved in attempts to destabilise the country, saying Delhi was hostile to an am...
Kyrgyz prime minister resigns but denies corruption allegations
Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)
Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Temir Sariyev quit on on Monday over corruption allegations involving a road-building contract won by a Chinese company. Sariyev, wh...
Nagorny Karabakh fighting threatens to pit Russia against Turkey
Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)
With bad blood flowing between Turkey and Russia since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane in Syria in November, the latest wave of violence in Nagorny-Karabakh...
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