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Insurgents determined to derail Afghan run-off: US general
May 31, 2014 (AFP)
Taliban insurgents will redouble their efforts to disrupt presidential elections in Afghanistan next month after failing to sabotage the first round of voting i...
ISAF soldier killed in Afghanistan chopper crash
May 29, 2014 (AFP)
A member of the US-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan has been killed in a helicopter crash in the south of the country, the force said Thursday. The accident co...
Taliban condemn US exit strategy from Afghanistan
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
Taliban insurgents Wednesday denounced US plans to keep troops in Afghanistan up to the end of 2016, threatening to wage war against the "occupation" until the ...
China sentences 55 in mass trial at Xinjiang stadium
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang mounted a mass sentencing in a stadium for 55 people on offences including terrorism, state media said Wednesday, ...
China police seize 1.8 tonnes of bomb material in Xinjiang: govt
May 27, 2014 (AFP)
Police in China's Xinjiang have seized 1.8 tonnes of bombmaking material and detained five people, authorities said Tuesday, following a string of deadly attack...
India PM Modi, Pakistan's Sharif meet for talks
May 27, 2014 (AFP)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for landmark talks in New Delhi on Tuesday in a bid to ease tensions between the ...
Obama sets out US exit from Afghanistan by end of 2016
May 27, 2014 (AFP)
US forces will complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2016, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, unveiling a plan to end America's longest war...
Obama back home after surprise visit to Afghanistan
May 26, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama was back in Washington on Monday after a lightning 32-hour trip to Afghanistan to visit US troops. Monday is Memorial Day in the United S...
Suicide blast kills two Afghan soldiers in Kabul: official
May 26, 2014 (AFP)
A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorbike killed at least two Afghan soldiers Monday in an attack on a military bus in Kabul as the country prepares to hold secon...
Obama promises Afghan troop decision soon
May 25, 2014 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 US troop numbers "fairly shortly," after he flew into the country on a surprise night time visit Sund...
China vows year-long terrorism crackdown after attack
May 25, 2014 (AFP)
China on Sunday vowed a year-long campaign against terrorism, days after attackers in the western region of Xinjiang killed 39 people in a suicide raid. "With X...
Pakistan pounds Taliban hideouts for third day
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
Four suspected militants were killed Friday as Pakistan's armed forces hit insurgent targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal area close to the Afgh...
Military drill staged as China market attack toll rises
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
China staged a huge show of force in the Muslim Uighur homeland of Xinjiang Friday and vowed a one-year campaign against "terrorist violence" as the death toll ...
31 dead, scores wounded in attack in China's Xinjiang
May 22, 2014 (AFP)
Attackers killed at least 31 people Thursday when they ploughed two vehicles into a market and threw explosives in the capital of China's Xinjiang region, in wh...
China jails 39 in restive Xinjiang: state media
May 21, 2014 (AFP)
Courts in China's ethnically-divided Xinjiang region, home to mainly Muslim Uighurs, have jailed 39 people for offences including spreading "terrorist videos", ...
Pakistan air strikes kill 32 militants
May 21, 2014 (AFP)
Precision military air strikes on Wednesday killed at least 32 militants including key commanders in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, o...
Taliban infighting hampers peace talks; Chinese tourist kidnapped
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
Weeks of infighting between Taliban groups have hampered stop-start peace talks with Pakistan's government, sources said Monday, as the insurgents' leader vowed...
China blames Xinjiang rail attack on separatist group
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese authorities blamed an April railway attack in Xinjiang on an Islamic extremist group, state media said Sunday, reinforcing Beijing's claims that separat...
Three Chinese officials 'murdered in Xinjiang' during Xi visit
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
Three Han Chinese officials were murdered in Xinjiang as President Xi Jinping visited the restive region, home to mainly-Muslim Uighurs, a report and online pos...
Back to basics for Afghan soldiers as NATO allies exit
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
A computer without a power cable, a spy camera with English instructions that no one can read, and water-logged accommodation -- life on the frontline can be a ...
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