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US drone strike kills 13 Pakistani militants in Afghanistan
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
A US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed 13 militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban in an area close to the countries' rugged border, officials sai...
Turkey-China wrangle over suspected Uighurs detained in Thailand
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
A family of suspected Uighur Muslims, among hundreds detained in Thailand since last year, will Friday learn their fate in a court case that has sparked a diplo...
Stethoscopes and AK-47s: Pakistan medics face kidnap epidemic
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
When Pakistani doctor Mehmood Jafri gets ready for work in the morning, the first thing he does is put his AK-47 in the car. Then, after briefing the armed guar...
Afghanistan will not be 'a burden' to US: Ghani
Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told US troops on Monday his country would always be grateful to them and promised his country would not be "a burden" to the Unit...
Pakistan holds first national day parade in seven years
Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan Monday held its first national day military parade for seven years, a display of pageantry aimed at showing the country has the upper hand in the fight...
Pakistan kills 34 militants in air strikes: military
Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan's military said it killed 34 militants Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgen...
US to slow down troop exit from Afghanistan: officials
Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)
The United States will scrap a plan to reduce the US force in Afghanistan to 5,500 by December, after American commanders appealed to keep more troops on the gr...
Second commander linked to IS group killed in Afghanistan: officials
Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan forces have killed a militant commander suspected of having links to the Islamic State group in an air strike, officials said Monday. Hafiz Waheed, a suc...
China says IS fighters back from Syria caught in Xinjiang
Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)
The top Communist official in China's Xinjiang said Tuesday that extremists from the mainly Muslim region have been apprehended after returning from fighting in...
From AK47s to drones, Afghans 'war rugs' reflect bloody decades
Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)
More than three decades of war have damaged Afghanistan's once-thriving carpet industry, but weavers are tapping into the bloody past to boost their fortunes wi...
450 killed in China's Xinjiang last year, mostly Uighurs: group
Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)
More than 450 people were killed in China's restive mainly Muslim Xinjiang region last year, a rights group said -- with three times as many deaths among member...
Afghanistan sets up emergency power lines to Kabul after avalanches
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan officials said Tuesday they were setting up emergency power lines to supply the capital Kabul a week after deadly avalanches caused by heavy snow plunged...
Obama, Afghan leader to meet in late March at WHouse
Feb 27, 2015 (AFP)
President Barack Obama will receive his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani at the White House on March 24 as Washington weighs slowing down the withdrawal of US fo...
Afghan leader says Taliban talks could start soon, militants deny
Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)
Afghanistan's chief executive Abdullah Abdullah said Monday that peace talks with the Taliban could begin in the coming days, though the militants swiftly dismi...
Pentagon chief reviews plans to shut Kandahar base
Feb 22, 2015 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter headed to southern Afghanistan on Sunday to review plans to withdraw US forces in a volatile area that has long preoccupied America...
US, Taliban deny peace talks planned in Qatar
Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)
The US and the Taliban central spokesman Thursday denied plans to hold peace talks in Qatar, contradicting earlier claims by militant leaders that contacts woul...
Pakistan army chief holds talks with Afghan leaders on security
Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif held talks in Kabul Tuesday with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on boosting security and continuing operations a...
At least 18 dead as Taliban storm Pakistan Shiite mosque
Feb 13, 2015 (AFP)
Grenade-toting Taliban militants stormed a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said, in an attack that left at least 18 people dead. The incid...
US commander proposes slower Afghan withdrawal
Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)
The US commander in Afghanistan told lawmakers Thursday he had proposed "options" to the White House that would slow the pace of a planned withdrawal of America...
China ready to support Kabul-Taliban reconciliation: minister
Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing is ready to support the Afghan government in reconciling with the Taliban, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday, the latest sign of China's desire...
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