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UK ex-soldier claims ministry tried to block Afghanistan book
Apr 09, 2014 (AFP)
A former British army captain on Wednesday accused the Ministry of Defence of attempting to block publication of a book criticising the country's campaign in Af...
Jailed academic's daughter says China stifling Uighurs
Apr 08, 2014 (AFP)
The daughter of a prominent Uighur academic told US lawmakers Tuesday that his arrest sent a message China will not tolerate even peaceful expression of grievan...
Pakistan to release 13 Taliban prisoners: minister
Apr 05, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistan will release another 13 Taliban prisoners as a "goodwill gesture" to help ongoing peace talks with militants, the interior minister said Saturday. The ...
NATO chief praises Afghans for 'historic', secure vote
Apr 05, 2014 (AFP)
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen hailed the elections in Afghanistan Saturday as an "historic moment", praising the "enthusiasm" of voters and the "outstanding ...
20 police injured in Kyrgyzstan mining protests
Apr 04, 2014 (AFP)
Twenty Kyrgyzstan police officers were left injured after clashes with demonstrators who blocked a highway in protests against gold prospecting, the Central Asi...
US increases troops at Afghan transit base in Romania
Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)
Romania has approved an increase in American troops at its military airbase on the Black Sea as Washington continues to shift its main transit base for Afghanis...
China lays out charges for Kunming attack suspects: media
Mar 30, 2014 (AFP)
China has laid out the charges against four suspects captured after a brutal railway station attack that killed 29 people and injured 143 earlier this month, of...
Taliban negotiator denies Pakistan talks deadlocked
Mar 29, 2014 (AFP)
A negotiator for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday dismissed speculation that peace talks with the government were deadlocked, saying negotiations had made stea...
Negotiator 'confident' over Pakistan Taliban ceasefire
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
A negotiator for the Pakistani Taliban said Thursday he was "confident" the militants would extend their month-long ceasefire, following a first round of direct...
Muslim history in the southern Philippines
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
The Philippine government is to sign a peace deal Thursday to end a decades-long Muslim rebellion in the country's south that has claimed tens of thousands of l...
Pakistan opens direct talks with Taliban
Mar 26, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistani officials held their first direct talks with senior Taliban members on Wednesday as part of peace efforts to end their seven-year insurgency, though n...
British Sikh jailed for attack on retired Indian general
Mar 21, 2014 (AFP)
A Sikh man was jailed for 10 years in Britain on Friday for slashing the neck of the Indian general who oversaw the 1984 Amritsar Golden Temple assault. Retired...
Last Canadian troops return from Afghanistan
Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)
The last Canadian troops deployed to Afghanistan returned home on Tuesday, bringing an end to Canada's longest ever military engagement. Still in their desert f...
Thailand sentences suspected Uighur asylum seekers
Mar 15, 2014 (AFP)
Thailand on Saturday sentenced dozens of asylum seekers thought to be from China's Uighur minority for illegal entry, an official said, despite a US appeal for ...
China sees happy minorities and terrorists in Xinjiang
Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese portrayals of the far western region of Xinjiang veer from a happy land of dancing minorities to a hotbed of dangerous separatist terrorism, polarised a...
Russia can't derail US exit from Afghanistan: general
Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)
Russia would be unable to disrupt the US military's withdrawal from Afghanistan even if it cut off access to supply routes across its territory, a top US comman...
Swedish-British journalist gunned down in Kabul
Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)
A gunman shot dead a Swedish-British journalist at close range in central Kabul on Tuesday in an unexplained daylight murder that shocked foreign residents livi...
Mild weather may have propelled rise of Genghis Khan
Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)
A pleasantly warm and wet spell in central Mongolia eight centuries ago may have propelled the rise of Genghis Khan, according to a US study Monday. The researc...
NATO air strike kills five Afghan soldiers: officials
Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)
A NATO air strike in eastern Afghanistan accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers on Thursday, officials said, the latest incident likely to worsen already frau...
China official says evidence against Uighur academic 'irrefutable'
Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)
A top official from China's restive Xinjiang region said Thursday the evidence against a prominent Uighur academic whose detention has been condemned by Washing...
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