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US welcomes proposed intra-Afghan talks in China
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
The Taliban last week said that China invited a delegation to talks in Beijing, the second such meeting after a dialogue in Qatar in July that was co-arranged w...
Uighur musician listed for China show year after disappearance
Oct 28, 2019 (AFP)
Singer-songwriter Sanubar Tursun will perform at an award ceremony organised by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music on November 4, the conservatory's head of pro...
Iraq opens 2nd camp to cope with Syrian Kurd influx
Oct 26, 2019 (AFP)
"Around 11,000 refugees are now living in Bardarach, which is at capacity," said Rashid Hussein Rashid, spokesman for the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) in the Kur...
NATO defends commitment to Afghan mission
Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)
The promise came at the at the end of a meeting of NATO defence ministers whose second and final day was largely focused on the 16,000-strong deployment in Afgh...
Kurds welcome German plan for international force in Syria
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
"We demand and agree to this," Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces -- the moribund autonomous Kurdish region's de facto army -- told reporters. G...
Bored of male heroes, Afghan girl coders build their own champions
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
The young women are part of an after-school training programme called Code to Inspire in the western city of Herat, where they learn tech skills and create game...
In Iraqi refuge, Syrian Kurds curse Trump and Erdogan
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
The numbers, which aid workers say have reached more than 7,500 since Turkish forces and allied militiamen launched the offensive on October 9, is increasing by...
Beijing to host 'intra-Afghan' conference: Taliban
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban political spokesman, said on Twitter that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group's co-founder, had met with Chinese diplomats in Doha, ...
Iraqi Kurds turn to Zoroastrianism as faith, identity entwine
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Years of violence by the Islamic State jihadist group have left many disillusioned with Islam, while a much longer history of state oppression has pushed some i...
No Syria-type pullout planned for Afghanistan: Pentagon; As US envoy consults widely on ending Afghan war
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
The Pentagon chief also hinted that some sort of residual US force might remain in Syria to protect oil fields, but stressed no decision had been taken. The US ...
Turkish soldier killed in Syrian Kurd attack: defence ministry
Oct 20, 2019 (AFP)
"One of our heroic comrades fell martyr and another was wounded after anti-tank and small arms fire by... terrorists during their reconnaissance and surveillanc...
US Defense Secretary Esper in Kabul on unannounced visit
Oct 20, 2019 (AFP)
Esper's visit -- his first to Afghanistan since being confirmed as Pentagon chief in July -- comes amid deep uncertainty about the fate of the US military missi...
Syria Kurd families flee to Iraq as array of armies advance
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
Rosine Omar, 28, reached the safety of Berdarch camp in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan from the flashpoint town of Ras al-Ain, a key target of the assault on Kurdis...
Hundreds of Syrian Kurds seek refuge in Iraq
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
"On Wednesday, about 800 Syrian refugees entered Iraqi Kurdistan," said Rashid Hussein of the refugee authority for the autonomous Kurdish region. The new arriv...
Glaciers and tribal dancing: William and Kate visit Pakistan's north
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent the afternoon witnessing the effects of climate change on the Kalash, Pakistan's smallest religious minority -- an ancie...
Syria Kurds defend key town as Turkey ignores US
Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)
The United States slapped sanctions on its NATO ally in a bid to stop an assault that its own troop withdrawal triggered, but Ankara showed no sign of relenting...
Kazakhstan detains asylum-seekers after 'illegal' entry from China
Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)
Kaster Musakhan and Murager Alimuly were detained by the national security committee (KNB) days after publishing video appeals in which they admitted crossing t...
Rebel faction takes frontline role in Turkey offensive
Oct 12, 2019 (AFP)
The broad-ranging coalition styled itself as the moderate force against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but lacked the funding and support to compete with ext...
Kurds: a stateless people across four countries
Oct 12, 2019 (AFP)
- Across four countries - The Kurds inhabit largely mountainous, regions across southeastern Turkey through northern Syria and Iraq to central Iran. The greates...
Civilians flee as Syria Kurds battle Turkish invasion
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump tried to justify the de facto green light he gave his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for an assault seen as a blatant betray...
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