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NATO, Afghanistan agree on future military-civilian mission
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
NATO and Afghan leaders on Wednesday agreed on a framework for a future joint military-civilian presence in Afghanistan when the alliance's current mission ends...
White House rebuts claim Pakistan role in Laden raid
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
The White House on Monday flatly rejected claims that Pakistan was told in advance about a 2011 special operations raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin La...
China seeks new wave of migrants for restive Xinjiang
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
Newly employed as a hotel receptionist in Xinjiang, Fang Lihua is a foot-soldier on the front line of a demographic contest for the mainly Muslim region's ident...
Report outlines FY 2001-FY 2014 Pakistan FMS deals
May 08, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Congressional Research Service reports that Pakistan has signed $5.4 billion in Foreign Military Sales contracts from fiscal 2001 to fiscal 2014. Procu...
Opinion: Kazakhstan's unique Assembly of People maintains ethnic harmony
May 04, 2015 (UPI)
On April 22 Kazakhstan celebrated the 20th anniversary of a unique sociopolitical advisory body, the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (APK). The government's su...
Pakistani air strikes kill 44 militants: military
May 02, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive...
China forces shot protesters: Xinjiang residents
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
Something hideously violent happened in Elishku. Whether it was a separatist attack or a civilian massacre is shrouded in the mists of conflict, control, claim ...
Hear this now: propaganda drive in Xinjiang village
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
In the months since the carnage in Elishku, the village has acquired an Orwellian atmosphere, with loudspeakers perched atop 10-metre poles throughout the villa...
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev 'wins fifth term by a landslide'
Apr 26, 2015 (AFP)
Energy-rich Kazakhstan's incumbent strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev scored a crushing victory in Sunday's one-sided presidential ballot, taking 97.5 percent of th...
Pakistan military claims killing 47 Taliban insurgents
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan's military Thursday claimed to have killed at least 47 Taliban fighters in two days of airstrikes in the restive northwest as part of anti-insurgent of...
China's Xi in Pakistan to unveil $46 bn investment plan
Apr 20, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Islamabad Monday to unveil a $46 billion investment plan that Pakistan hopes will end a chronic energy crisis and transf...
Two 'suspected terrorist elements' shot dead in China
Apr 17, 2015 (AFP)
Police in southern China on Friday shot dead at least two people described as suspected terrorists near the border with Vietnam, state media reported. The shoot...
Chinese president to visit Pakistan next week: Islamabad
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Pakistan next week, Islamabad said Thursday, with investment in the energy sector and Taliban talks in neighbouring Afgh...
US soldier killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
An American soldier was killed Wednesday in a firefight between US and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan, the first apparent insider attack since Washington ...
Kurds accuse Turkey's Erdogan of 'constitutional dictatorship'
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
The co-chair of Turkey's main Kurdish party has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of wanting to set up "a constitutional dictatorship", vowing his movement...
Pakistan army battles Taliban for strategic valley
Apr 04, 2015 (AFP)
High in the mountains along the Afghan border, Pakistan's fight against Taliban militants is focusing on their last, fearsome redoubt -- the notorious Tirah Val...
Uzbek strongman re-elected in landslide, OSCE dubious
Mar 30, 2015 (AFP)
Uzbek strongman Islam Karimov cruised to a new five-year term Monday after facing a minimal challenge, prompting withering criticism from Western observers. The...
China's jailing of man who grew beard 'absurd': group
Mar 30, 2015 (AFP)
A six-year prison sentence reportedly given to a man in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region for growing a beard was "absurd", an overseas group said Monday as...
Chinese court jails Uighur for 6 years for growing beardw/
Mar 29, 2015 (AFP)
A court in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has sentenced a man to six years in prison for "provoking trouble" and growing a beard, a practise discouraged ...
NATO welcomes US slowing of Afghanistan troop withdrawal
Mar 25, 2015 (AFP)
NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday praised US President Barack Obama's decision to keep the current level of 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan ...
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