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Pakistan PM condemns 'senseless force' after Taliban chief's killing
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday warned peace could not be achieved "by unleashing senseless force", in his first public speech since a US drone ...
Karzai criticises timing of killing of Pakistan Taliban chief
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
The Afghan president has criticised the timing of a US drone strike that killed the Pakistani Taliban leader, after an angry Islamabad expressed fears the death...
Pakistan anger over US drone strike to ebb: analysts
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan has railed against Washington for killing a Taliban leader as peace talks were being prepared, but analysts said diplomatic and financial consideration...
Britain plans post-Afghanistan focus on insurgency hotspots: defence chief
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Britain's armed forces will focus on stamping out potential insurgencies in hotspots of extremism after next year's withdrawal from Afghanistan, the head of the...
The $120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died
Nov 03, 2013 (AFP)
With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike...
US brushes off Pakistani claims drone strike 'scuttled' Taliban talks
Nov 03, 2013 (AFP)
The United States insists it has a shared interest in ending extremist violence after Islamabad accused Washington of scuttling efforts towards peace talks by k...
Taliban name interim chief as Pakistan mulls US response
Nov 03, 2013 (AFP)
The Pakistani Taliban named an interim leader Sunday after the death of Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike, as the government mulled its next move after slammi...
Xinjiang military chief punished after Beijing attack: report
Nov 03, 2013 (AFP)
China's Communist Party has expelled the military commander of Xinjiang from its ranks, state media reported Sunday, after an attack in Beijing officially blame...
Tribesmen open fire on US drone after Taliban chief killed
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
Tribesmen opened fire on a US drone over Pakistan's troubled tribal belt Saturday where Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a drone stri...
Pakistani Taliban: feared militant coalition
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
The ruling council of the Pakistani Taliban is meeting to choose a successor to leader Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed Friday in a US drone strike. Here are s...
Pakistan will not let death of Taliban leader derail talks: minister
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan will not allow the death of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike to derail proposed peace talks, the information minister said Saturda...
Pakistani Taliban meet to pick Mehsud's successor
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
The Pakistani Taliban's ruling council met Saturday to choose a new leader after a US drone strike killed Hakimullah Mehsud, as the government said it was deter...
Pakistan Taliban debate new leader as minister slams US
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
The Pakistani Taliban's ruling council met Saturday to choose a new leader after a US drone killed Hakimullah Mehsud, as a senior government minister launched a...
Hakimullah Mehsud, dreaded leader of Pakistani Taliban
Nov 01, 2013 (AFP)
Hakimullah Mehsud, the boyish-looking Pakistani Taliban commander who was killed Friday in a US drone strike, was one of the world's most wanted men with a $5 m...
China names Islamic group as 'supporter' of Tiananmen attack
Nov 01, 2013 (AFP)
China's top security official has named an Islamic movement as "behind-the-scenes supporters" of this week's fatal attack in Tiananmen Square, in Beijing's firs...
Uighurs scorn China Tiananmen 'terrorist' claim
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
Members of China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority and overseas groups on Thursday dismissed China's account of a Tiananmen Square "terrorist attack" as a dubious...
Xinjiang: long-contested, vast and valuable crossroad
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
Three people from the Chinese region of Xinjiang killed themselves and two tourists in a "terrorist attack" in Beijing's Tiananmen Square this week, according t...
US drone strike kills three in NW Pakistan: officials
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Thursday killed three insurgents in a northwest Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. T...
Tiananmen 'attack' embarrasses China's security regime
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
A "terrorist attack" in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the symbolic heart of the Chinese state, represents an embarrassing failure for the nation's vast police and...
Abbott declares end of Australia's longest war
Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)
Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared Australia's longest war at an end during a surprise visit to Afghanistan, with more than 1,000 troops to return home before ...
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