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Turkish PM signals ramped-up efforts to boost Kurdish rights
Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said parliament could cut its summer recess short to vote on reforms aimed at increasing Kurdish rights,...
Pakistan rains kill 58, affect 66,000: officials
Aug 05, 2013 (AFP)
Monsoon rain and floods have killed at least 58 people across Pakistan and affected tens of thousands of others, officials said Monday, warning of more rain to ...
Kurd rebels set September peace deadline for Turkey: report
Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)
Kurdish rebels have demanded that the Turkish government take steps to advance the fragile peace process by September or face unspecified action, a pro-Kurdish ...
India's press council head calls for unification
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
The head of India's Press Council has suggested India, Pakistan and Bangladesh unite to form one secular country to avoid the excesses of nationalism. Markandey...
Sikh gang guilty of UK attack on India temple assault general
Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)
A Sikh gang was found guilty by a British court on Wednesday of slashing the throat of the Indian general who oversaw the 1984 assault on Amritsar Golden Temple...
Pakistan says soldier killed by India border firing
Jul 27, 2013 (AFP)
Indian firing killed one Pakistani soldier and wounded another Saturday in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan's army said, as the nuclear-armed nations trade...
US ambassador: 'Zero option' not in US-Afghan interest
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
The US ambassador in Kabul said Tuesday that withdrawing from Afghanistan after 2014 and leaving behind no American troops was not in the interests of either co...
Donkey bomber kills 3 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
A suicide bomber rode a donkey Tuesday into an Afghan and NATO military convoy, killing three Western soldiers and their Afghan interpreter, officials said. NAT...
SIGAR questions supply of C-130s to Afghanistan
Jul 18, 2013 (UPI)
A Congressionally created oversight body is urging the temporary suspension of U.S. plans to deliver two C-130H Hercules transport planes to the Afghan Air Forc...
Afghan suspect blames US commandos for civilian murders
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
An Afghan accused of torturing and murdering civilians while working for US special forces denies the charges and says he followed American orders, according to...
Afghan escapes custody after shooting NATO soldier
Jul 15, 2013 (AFP)
An Afghan soldier detained for killing a NATO soldier escaped from his cell and walked off a military base with the help of a guard who also absconded, official...
First Pakistani women paratroopers make history
Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan's first group of female paratroopers completed their training on Sunday, the military announced, hailing it as a "landmark achievement" for the deeply ...
Afghan peace talks won't bear fruit until 2015: EU envoy
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
Hoped-for peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents will not bear fruit until 2015 at best, a year after US-led troops leave the country,...
Report of new pullout plans bares US-Afghan tensions
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
New signs emerged Tuesday of US frustration with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, with a report that Washington may quicken its troop withdrawal or even le...
Taliban Qatar office temporarily closed: Taliban official
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
The Taliban have temporarily closed their office in Qatar, where it was hoped peace talks would begin with the US and Afghanistan, an insurgent official said on...
Afghan spies arrest US translator for torture
Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)
Afghanistan's intelligence agency is holding an Afghan-American translator on suspicion of torturing and killing civilians while working for US special forces, ...
Bomb analysis lab in Kabul hunts for killer clues
Jul 07, 2013 (AFP)
In a discreet laboratory in Kabul, a French military officer scans a long list of telephone numbers scrolling down a computer screen. "This is the call that tri...
China Xinjiang security tight on riot anniversary
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese authorities imposed tight control in the capital of Xinjiang on Friday, the fourth anniversary of ethnic rioting which killed around 200 people, said st...
China-Pakistan friendship 'sweeter than honey': Sharif
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries' relationship was "sweeter than honey", during a visit ...
Identity crisis behind China's Xinjiang unrest: experts
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
Beijing's propaganda portrays the vast and remote western region of Xinjiang as a harmonious land of colourful, mostly Muslim Uighur natives and hard-working mi...
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