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New peshmerga group enters Kobane from Turkey
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
A second contingent of Kurdish peshmerga fighters streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Monday to join the fight against jihadists for the strategi...
Afghanistan to face more violence but local forces 'capable': NATO
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Afghanistan will face further violence next year after NATO ends its longest ever combat mission, chief Jens Stoltenberg admitted Monday, but he insisted local ...
Afghan leaders look to start new chapter with Europe trip
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Afghanistan's new leaders head to Europe on Monday to showcase their plans to foster peace and revive the economy, but a spate of Taliban attacks threatens to o...
Kurdish leader hopeful for Turkey peace deal within 5 months
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
The jailed leader of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Sunday he was hopeful the peace process with the authorities would be concluded succe...
Fifteen killed in terrorist attack in China's Xinjiang: state media
Nov 29, 2014 (AFP)
Fifteen people have been killed and 14 others wounded in a "terrorist attack" in China's mostly Muslim Xinjiang region, the official Chinese news agency said Sa...
Azerbaijan boosts army spending as Armenia tensions soar
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
Azerbaijan's parliament on Friday approved a 2015 budget that sharply boosted military spending in apparent response to rising tensions with neighbour Armenia o...
Afghan senate approves foreign troops staying on
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
Afghanistan's upper house of parliament on Thursday approved two agreements with the US and NATO allowing about 12,500 troops to remain in the country next year...
US drone strike kills at least eight in NW Pakistan
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
A US drone strike killed at least eight suspected militants in Pakistan's restive tribal belt on Wednesday, security officials said. The unmanned aircraft hit a...
Students of Uighur scholar in secret China trial: lawyer
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
Seven students of a prominent scholar from China's Uighur minority have been tried in secret for separatism, a lawyer said Wednesday, after their professor lost...
US may send additional troops to Afghanistan next year
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
The US military likely will keep a slightly larger force in Afghanistan in 2015 than first planned and American troops will have authority to come to the aid of...
US condemns IS bombing in Kurdish region of Iraq
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday condemned a suicide bombing by Islamic State extremists in the usually safe Kurdish region of Iraq that killed at least four peop...
Pakistani army chief in first US visit
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistan's army chief is holding talks with top US generals and officials this week in the first visit to the United States by the country's powerful military c...
Raytheon to help train more Afghan Air Force pilots
Nov 10, 2014 (UPI)
Additional Afghan Air Force personnel are to receive pilot training from Raytheon and its partner team, the Warrior Training Alliance. Under a $13.5 million tas...
Indian army admits 'mistake' in killing two teenagers
Nov 08, 2014 (AFP)
The Indian army has admitted it made a mistake in shooting dead two teenagers in restive Indian-administered Kashmir this week, a rare public admission of fault...
Pakistan wins China investment worth $42 billion: official
Nov 08, 2014 (AFP)
China on Saturday promised neighbouring Pakistan investment worth $42 billion, an official said, as Islamabad promised to help Beijing fight what it calls a ter...
US could delay troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: officials
Nov 06, 2014 (AFP)
US commanders are weighing a delay in the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan after the country's protracted election set back preparations for the t...
First Afghanistan foreign fighter in US for trial
Nov 04, 2014 (AFP)
A Russian was brought before a US court Tuesday to face terrorism-related charges after being held for years in Afghanistan as a suspected foreign fighter. Irek...
International meeting on Afghanistan pledges programmes: China
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
China on Friday hailed an international conference on Afghanistan that it said agreed to launch dozens of programmes to boost development and help the country m...
Chinese court upholds death sentences in Kunming attack: Xinhua
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese appeals court on Friday upheld death sentences for three people convicted over a mass stabbing that killed 31 people earlier this year, state media re...
Haqqani commander among dead in US drone strike in Pakistan
Oct 30, 2014 (AFP)
A US drone strike killed at least seven militants in Pakistan's restive tribal belt on Thursday, including an important commander of the feared Haqqani network,...
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