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After treaty, Esper calls for immediate drawdown of troops in Afghanistan
Mar 02, 2020 (UPI)
Esper said that he gave his consent to Gen. Scott Miller, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, for reducing the number of U.S. troops in the countr...
US says not expecting immediate halt to Afghan violence
Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)
"We don't know exactly who did that yet," said General Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, two days after the United States signed a peace deal ...
Top brands accused of using forced Chinese labour
Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)
Top global brands such as Apple, BMW and Sony have been accused of getting supplies from factories using the forced labour, an explosive allegation that could r...
Afghanistan: nearly two decades of US intervention
Feb 29, 2020 (AFP)
More than 18 years later, as Washington signed a deal with the Taliban on Saturday in Doha to end America's longest war, here is a timeline of developments: - '...
Trump: US troop withdrawal in Afghanistan begins 'today'
Feb 29, 2020 (AFP)
Asked when the drawdown would begin under the accord, Trump told journalists: "Like today, OK? Today. They'll start immediately." The deal signed Saturday in Do...
UN demands 'unfettered access' for China Uighur region visit
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
In a speech in Geneva, Bachelet welcomed the invitation from China to tour the region but added: "We will continue to request unfettered access for an advance t...
Afghanistan since the Taliban regime fell in 2001
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
- 2001: 'War on terror' - President George W. Bush launches his "war on terror" -- a response to the September 11 attacks that killed around 3,000 people in New...
After peace agreement, US still faces Afghan risks
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
From the withdrawal of US troops to the disarming of insurgents, the path to peace after more than 18 years of war is strewn with difficulties. The Taliban cont...
One year after standoff with India, Pakistan boasts military pride
Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)
The February 2019 scuffle was the first dogfight between the nuclear-armed nations in decades. Pakistan's army on Wednesday flew teams of reporters to the site ...
Uighur activists say coronavirus measures causing hunger
Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)
The Uighur Human Rights Project, a Washington-based advocacy group, also voiced concern that the COVID-19 could spread in internationally condemned camps where ...
Pakistan releases Pashtun rights activist from jail
Feb 25, 2020 (AFP)
Manzoor Pashteen has rattled the country's generals with his calls to end abuses against the Pashtun community, largely based in tribal areas along the border w...
Afghanistan: Where things stand and what lies ahead
Feb 25, 2020 (AFP)
Here are some details about the accord and its implications for the war-wracked nation: - Have the two sides agreed to a ceasefire? - Not quite, but the Taliban...
Iraqi Kurds rally against 'corruption' of ruling elite
Feb 22, 2020 (AFP)
The rallies led by the New Generation movement, an opposition party, came amid ongoing protests since October in Baghdad and Iraq's south demanding an overhaul ...
'If peace comes': Afghans dream of life after war
Feb 22, 2020 (AFP)
The "reduction in violence" agreed by the Taliban, the US and the Afghan security forces comes ahead of a possible deal between the insurgents and Washington wh...
Amid virus crackdown, Uighurs hope Chinese 'waking up' to their plight
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
Jewher Ilham, the daughter of jailed Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, criticised some of the measures imposed by Beijing, including placing tens of millions of ...
NATO chief hails US-Taliban deal as opening for 'sustainable peace'
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
Washington and the Taliban said they would sign the accord on February 29 -- provided a week-long partial truce holds. The deal would mark a major turning point...
Bulgaria must not expel Uighurs: European rights court
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Back in China, the Uighurs could be "at risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and death," the court said in its ruling, telling Bulgaria "not to remove the...
Kyrgyz men on horseback protest Chinese investment
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
The building of the $275 million logistics facility was agreed during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Central Asian nation last year. A police sp...
Chinese investor quits Kyrgyz project over protests
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
Men on horseback were among those rallying against the construction of the facility in a remote mountainous region -- the latest show of anger over Beijing's gr...
Don't label all Uighurs terrorists, Turkey tells China
Feb 16, 2020 (AFP)
UN experts believe China is holding a million Muslims in camps in the western Xinjiang region where most of the country's ethnic Uighur, the largest Muslim mino...
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