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Kazakhstan calls in Chinese envoy to protest web article
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
In a statement on its website, the Kazakh foreign ministry said it informed Zhang Xiao, the ambassador, that the article "does not correspond to the spirit" of ...
Kyrgyzstan asks China for debt relief amid pandemic
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
President Sooronbai Jeenbekov's office said he had asked Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to consider "easing and prolonging payments on Kyrgyzstan's external deb...
US commander meets Taliban leaders over 'reduction in violence'
Apr 11, 2020 (AFP)
Washington signed a key deal with the Taliban in February that promised the withdrawal of US and foreign troops from Afghanistan by next summer, provided the mi...
Taliban protest as Kabul releases another 100 insurgents
Apr 09, 2020 (AFP)
The administration of President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday released 100 low-risk Taliban prisoners who had vowed never to return to the battlefield, and official...
Pakistan approves military deployment to curb virus
Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)
The interior ministry announcement, which came as the death toll from coronavirus rose to six, means troops will be able to assist the civilian government with ...
Pompeo in Qatar to meet Taliban leaders: State Dept
Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo, who earlier in the day held talks in Kabul, "is going to meet with Taliban officials in Doha including Mullah Baradar, the Taliban's chief negotiator, a...
US envoy says Kabul, Taliban in first prisoner exchange talks
Mar 22, 2020 (AFP)
"Today, the US and Qatar facilitated the first Afghan government to Taliban technical talks on prisoner releases, via Skype video conferencing," Zalmay Khalilza...
Australian police probe soldier who shot unarmed Afghan
Mar 20, 2020 (AFP)
The Special Air Services (SAS) member, whose identity has not been made public, was seen shooting the Afghan man in 2012 in video filmed by another soldier and ...
NATO pauses Afghanistan troop rotations as DoD ramps up COVID-19 response
Mar 19, 2020 (UPI)
They'll be staying in the country as 1,500 newly arrived troops and families have been quarantined in screening facilities, according to NATO Resolute Support. ...
US calls Afghan prisoner swap 'urgent' amid coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020 (AFP)
The US signed a February 29 deal with the Taliban that set in motion the withdrawal of forces and called for the release of captives ahead of talks between the ...
Afghan government delays Taliban prisoner release plan
Mar 14, 2020 (AFP)
President Ashraf Ghani earlier this week announced that the authorities would free 1,500 insurgents as a "gesture of goodwill" before negotiations begin, in an ...
US lawmakers seek Xinjiang import ban over forced labor
Mar 12, 2020 (AFP)
The US already bans products made through slavery, but with rights groups saying as many as one million Uighurs and other minorities are held in camps in Xinjia...
Kabul to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners if violence eases
Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)
The announcement came hours after the US said its forces had started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, in line with a deal signed between Washington and ...
US defense chief delays India, Pakistan trip to guide virus response
Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)
Esper had been due to visit India, Pakistan and Uzbekistan between March 16 and 20 but decided "to remain in the US to help manage the DoD response" to the outb...
US begins military pullout from two Afghan bases
Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)
The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghan...
War crimes judges to rule on ICC probe in Afghanistan
Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)
The International Criminal Court last year rejected a demand by its chief prosecutor to look into crimes committed in the war-torn nation -- an investigation al...
Afghan war crimes probe must go ahead, ICC judges say
Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)
The call was hailed by human rights organisations as a "pivotal moment" for victims of the central Asian country's 18-year-war since the 2001 US invasion. The c...
Pentagon downplays new Taliban attacks
Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)
Since the signing in Doha on Saturday, the militants have ramped up violence against Afghan forces, ending a partial truce and casting a pall over peace talks b...
US launches airstrike against Taliban to defend Afghan forces
Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)
News of the airstrike in southern Helmand province -- the first in 11 days -- came hours after US President Donald Trump told reporters he had had a "very good"...
NATO chief says hard road to Afghan peace
Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)
The militants have ramped up violence against Afghan forces since signing a deal with Washington at the weekend, casting doubt over peace talks between Kabul an...
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