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Azerbaijan announces Nagorny Karabakh 'ceasefire' but clashes reported
Apr 03, 2016 (AFP)
Azerbaijan on Sunday announced a unilateral ceasefire after the worst outbreak of violence in decades over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, but Armenian fo...
Pakistan protests to India after 'spy' arrest
Mar 25, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan on Friday protested to India after arresting a man suspected of being an Indian spy, sparking a new diplomatic tiff between the nuclear-armed neighbour...
Struggle in the city for Tibetan nomads
Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)
By mid-morning, Lobsang's leather cowboy hat is askew, his black robes dishevelled, and his breath stinks of booze. Once a nomad herder roaming the high Tibetan...
Pentagon chief praises Kurdish fighters in Syria
Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday praised the fighting of Kurdish groups in Syria that have declared a federal region in areas of the country under...
NATO chief vows to ramp up support as Afghan forces struggle
Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg Wednesday vowed a more "flexible" approach in aiding struggling Afghan forces, after a report said a US general recommended ramping ...
Climber killer among 13 sentenced to death by Pakistan military
Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)
Military courts in Pakistan have sentenced 13 militants to death for terrorism-related offences including the 2013 massacre of 10 foreign mountaineers, the army...
Turkey pounds Kurdish camps after Ankara bombing
Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)
Turkish warplanes pounded Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq Monday, the day after a suicide car bomb tore through downtown Ankara killing at least 36 people,...
Turkey pounds Kurdish bases after Ankara bombing
Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)
Turkey on Monday held four suspects over a suicide car bombing that killed at least 36 people in Ankara, as warplanes pounded Kurdish rebel bases in northern Ir...
China terror convictions nearly doubled in 2015
Mar 13, 2016 (AFP)
Convictions for state security crimes including "violent terrorism" nearly doubled in 2015, figures from China's top court showed Sunday, following a "strike ha...
Turkey hits PKK targets in Iraq with air strikes
Mar 12, 2016 (AFP)
Turkey's air force bombarded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq this week, killing 67 rebel fighters, the military said Saturday, the first ...
IS jihadists contained in small part of Afghanistan: US general
Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)
The Islamic State jihadist group is unable to make significant inroads in Afghanistan and its fighters are contained in a small part of the country, a US genera...
21 militants killed in NW Pakistan offensive: military
Mar 08, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan said Tuesday it has killed 21 militants in air strikes and ground operations that began overnight in a northwest border region where it is carrying out...
Afghan retreat from key districts stokes instability fears
Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)
Overstretched Afghan forces are pulling back from violent southern districts without a fight, ceding key territory to the resurgent Taliban as part of an unprec...
Afghan Taliban leadership is in Pakistan, Islamabad says
Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)
A top Pakistani official has said for the first time publicly that the Afghan Taliban's leadership enjoys a safe haven inside his country, which Islamabad uses ...
Afghan blasts kill 25, jeopardising peace talks
Feb 27, 2016 (AFP)
Twenty-five people were killed in two attacks in Afghanistan Saturday, including one in the capital, with the blasts potentially jeopardising attempts by Kabul ...
Turkey warns of 'further measures' against Kurdish fighters in Syria
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
Turkey is prepared to take further measures against Kurdish fighters in Syria beyond its current artillery bombardment and does not rule out air strikes on thei...
Pakistan begins 'last phase' of militant offensive
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan has begun the "last phase" of a bloody operation targeting militants in the restive northwest region along the Afghan border, a senior security officia...
IS fighters surrender arms, in Afghan first
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
Ten Afghan fighters for the Islamic State group have surrendered their weapons in eastern Afghanistan, in a first since IS jihadists moved into the country, off...
Afghan Taliban unaware of invitation to peace talks: spokesman
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
The Afghan Taliban said Wednesday they had not been officially contacted by Kabul about the resumption of direct talks aimed at ending their conflict. The comme...
Fenced in: The Kashmir barrier that is endangering wildlife
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
A double row of fence and tangled concertina wire curves like a Frankenstein stitch across the Kashmir frontier, blocking anything that might try to cross one o...
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