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China says repatriated Uighurs 'were on way to jihad'
Jul 11, 2015 (AFP)
China's security ministry said Saturday that 109 Uighurs repatriated by Thailand had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq "to join jihad", state media rep...
India's Modi accepts invite for first Pakistan visit
Jul 10, 2015 (AFP)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted an invitation Friday from his counterpart Nawaz Sharif to pay his first visit to Pakistan, signalling a new thaw i...
Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked after Uighurs deported
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
Turkish anti-Chinese demonstrators stormed the Thai consulate in Istanbul in protest at the deportation by Bangkok of dozens of Uighur Muslims to China, as dipl...
Kabul plans detailed Taliban talks on ending bloodshed
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan negotiators said Thursday their next round of talks with the Taliban would focus in detail on ways to end bloodshed in the country, wracked by nearly 40 ...
Twin blasts in Kabul as officials head to Pakistan for Taliban talks
Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)
Two Taliban suicide attacks just an hour apart killed one person and wounded five in Kabul on Tuesday, as an Afghan delegation travelled to Pakistan for talks w...
Pakistan's anti-terror fight enters new phase despite rights fears
Jun 29, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan's army is preparing for a final push in the coming weeks in its fight against militants, but there are concerns that rights are being rolled back in th...
Pakistan military says 23 militants killed in air strikes
Jun 28, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistani air strikes on Sunday killed 23 militants including foreigners in the country's restive tribal regions near the Afghan border, the military said, part...
'Fear they will find me': death threats stalk Afghan acid victim
Jun 22, 2015 (AFP)
Four years after a militiaman doused Mumtaz with a flesh-searing acid for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, deat...
Pakistan military says 20 militants killed in air strikes
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistani airstrikes on Friday killed 20 militants in the country's lawless tribal area bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive ongoing oper...
China police shoot man dead at train station
Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese police on Wednesday shot dead a Uighur man who allegedly attacked several people at a train station with a concrete brick, officials said, in the countr...
US drone strike kills seven militants in NW Pakistan
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
A US drone attack on a militant compound in a restive Pakistani tribal area Saturday killed at least seven militants, security officials said. The drone strike ...
Wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan leave 150,000 dead: study
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
The wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan have left nearly 150,000 soldiers and civilians dead since 2001, a new US study estimates. Another 162,000 have been wounde...
US drone strike kills at least 4 militants in NW Pakistan: officials
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
A US drone strike Monday killed at least four militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The strike took place in the...
Comic book 'Guardians' to steer young Pakistanis away from extremism
May 31, 2015 (AFP)
When Taliban militants stormed a school in Pakistan's northwest last December, killing 150 people, mainly children, in the country's deadliest terror attack, co...
Mass deaths of rare antelopes in Kazakhstan stir conservation fears
May 30, 2015 (AFP)
The sudden deaths of tens of thousands of endangered antelopes in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan over the past two weeks have left scientists scrambling for answers and c...
Kabul's oasis of peace
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
Kabul's historic Bagh-e Babur gardens are one of the few remaining vestiges of serenity in a city awash with snipers, checkpoints and post-traumatic stress. Lai...
China busts 181 'terror' gangs in year-long crackdown
May 25, 2015 (AFP)
A "strike hard" campaign against what China calls terrorism in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and beyond has seen 181 gangs busted, authorities said Mond...
IS is recruiting, but not operational in Afghanistan: NATO General
May 24, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, the commander of foreign forces in country has said, but they are not yet operational. There have...
Afghanistan announces nominee for defence minister post
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced his nominee for the country's defence minister post in a bid to complete his cabinet after months of infight...
Taliban justify killing foreigners after Kabul guesthouse siege
May 16, 2015 (AFP)
The Afghan Taliban justified targeting foreigners after a brazen hours-long siege on a Kabul guesthouse that killed 14 people, saying people from "invading coun...
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