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Schools in China's Xinjiang to discourage religion at home
Oct 29, 2014 (AFP)
Schools in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, where a series of attacks has left hundreds dead in recent months, said they would actively discourage religio...
New Afghan president on first China visit as withdrawal looms
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
Afghanistan's new president Ashraf Ghani arrives in Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a four-day visit to the resource-hungry Asian giant as NATO combat troops pr...
Afghanistan's Ghani, China's Xi pledge long-term partnership
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
Afghanistan and China pledged a long-term partnership Tuesday as new Afghan president Ashraf Ghani began a four-day visit while NATO combat troops prepare to wi...
British forces hand over control of last base in Afghanistan
Oct 26, 2014 (AFP)
British forces Sunday handed over formal control of their last base in Afghanistan to Afghan troops, ending combat operations in the country after 13 years whic...
Peshmerga 2.0: New generation of Kurd fighters in Iraq
Oct 24, 2014 (AFP)
After a tough day battling jihadists in northern Iraq, a group of young peshmerga fighters discuss English football results around a table littered with smartph...
Dances with wolves in China's wild west
Oct 23, 2014 (AFP)
Facing down a pack of snarling wolves -- the symbol of the Uighur minority in China's violence-wracked far west -- businessman Yang Changsheng offered a sausage...
Pakistan air strikes kill 28 militants: officials
Oct 21, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistan's military Tuesday said it had killed 28 militants in air strikes in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battl...
Turkey's Kurdish peace process on track: ruling party
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey's ruling party said on Thursday it was optimistic about the prospects for the peace process with Kurdish rebels after a surge in violence raised concern ...
Turkey eyes new police powers after pro-Kurdish protests
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
The Turkish government on Wednesday presented a bill granting greater powers to the security forces after deadly pro-Kurdish protests, as the opposition accused...
Uighur group condemns sentencing of 12 to death in China
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
An overseas-based Uighur exile group on Tuesday denounced the sentencing to death of 12 people in China's Xinjiang, saying the government's approach "will invar...
12 condemned to death for attack in China's Xinjiang: media
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Monday condemned 12 people to death and gave another 15 suspended death sentences in connection with a July attack in violence-racked Xinjian...
Germany regrets 'mistakes' in Afghanistan mission
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Germany's foreign minister said Sunday that Berlin had made serious mistakes in its military engagement in Afghanistan since 2001 and warned against a hasty wit...
Kurd woman leading Kobane battle against IS: activists
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
A Kurdish woman fighter is leading the battle against Islamic State jihadists in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane, a monitoring group and activists said S...
Pakistani air strikes kill 21 militants: officials
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistani air strikes killed at least 21 militants Sunday in attacks on their hideouts in a restive northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, officials s...
New US drone strike kills five militants in Pakistan: officials
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
At least five militants were killed Tuesday when a US drone fired missiles on a compund in Pakistan's restive tribal region, taking the death toll to 18 after t...
US drone kills five militants in northwest Pakistan: officials
Oct 05, 2014 (AFP)
A US drone strike on Sunday killed at least five militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The attack happened in t...
Pakistan air strikes kill 15 militants
Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistan's military on Friday said it killed 15 insurgents in air strikes in a restive tribal district near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battli...
China Uighur scholar appeals life sentence: lawyer
Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)
A prominent Chinese scholar from the Uighur ethnic group who was jailed for life because of remarks he made in university classes has appealed the verdict, his ...
Afghan troop casualties at 7,000-9,000 this year: US
Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)
Afghan forces are suffering higher combat casualties this year, with up to 9,000 troops killed or wounded in battles with Taliban insurgents, the new US command...
Hong Kong protests 'inspiring China's Uighurs'
Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)
The exiled leader of China's Uighur minority believes the large-scale protests roiling Hong Kong are inspiring people in her home region of Xinjiang, in comment...
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