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Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
"We're going down to 8,600 and then we make a determination from there," Trump said in an interview with Fox News radio. "We're always going to have a presence....
China says Uighur award nomination is 'supporting terrorism'
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Europe's top rights body has shortlisted Ilham Tohti, an economics professor who was sentenced to life in prison in September 2014 after being convicted of sepa...
Son of famed Afghan commander Massoud steps into spotlight
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
With America seemingly on the brink of a deal with the Taliban that would see the Pentagon slash its troop presence in Afghanistan, 30-year-old Ahmad Massoud wa...
Uighur intellectual nominated for top European rights award
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
The economics professor who was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 after being convicted of separatism, "has worked for over 20 years on the situation of the U...
Taliban deal must ensure Afghanistan not 'sanctuary' for extremists: Pentagon
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who was confirmed as the Pentagon chief just one month ago, told reporters that talks with the Taliban in Qatar must guarantee tha...
MD Helicopters gets $50.4M logistics support contract for Afghan Air Force
Aug 26, 2019 (UPI)
The contract is a modification of a prior agreement, and work will be done in Kabul and Mesa, with a completion date of May 2020. The nature of the logistics wo...
US, Taliban push for deal at Doha talks
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
The fourth day of the two sides' ninth round of dialogue, which continued until after 2030 GMT, saw Taliban and US representatives shuttling between the two sid...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in clash with PKK in Iraq
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
The statement came after Turkey on Friday launched the third phase of an operation begun in May to root out fighters of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in the r...
Pakistan extends military chief's tenure amid Kashmir row
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
"General Qamar Javed Bajwa is appointed as chief of army staff for another term of three years," read a statement signed by Prime Minister Imran Khan and releas...
Trump hails 'very good' discussions with the Taliban
Aug 18, 2019 (AFP)
But while Trump said the United States has things "under control," a massive bombing in Kabul highlighted the rampant violence still plaguing Afghanistan and th...
Fears in US of bad peace deal with the Taliban
Aug 18, 2019 (AFP)
Trump said Friday he was pleased with talks on ending the war, 18 years after the September 11, attacks that prompted the US invasion of Afghanistan in the firs...
'Nightmare' as Egypt aided China to detain Uighurs
Aug 18, 2019 (AFP)
He was picked up in broad daylight with friends, and taken to a Cairo police station where Chinese officials grilled him about what he was doing in Egypt. The t...
Kazakhstan court frees anti-Beijing activist
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
Serikjan Bilash, whose activism in defence of Muslim and Turkic minorities in Xinjiang earned him global media attention, told AFP he struck a plea bargain with...
Five killed in India-Pakistan border clashes as Modi hails Kashmir move
Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)
Skirmishes are frequent across the so-called Line of Control (LoC), but the latest deaths came after Pakistan warned it was ready to meet any Indian aggression ...
PM Imran Khan visits Kashmir as tensions boil with India
Aug 14, 2019 (AFP)
His visit to mark the country's Independence Day comes more than a week after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a surprise executive decree to strip...
Latest round of US-Taliban talks finishes: Taliban
Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)
According to Zabihullah Mujahid, the eighth round of talks, which had been taking place in Doha, finished after midnight. "Work was tedious & effective. Both si...
Latest round of US-Taliban talks finishes
Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)
The foes have been negotiating in Doha over the past year for a pact that would see the Pentagon begin to withdraw its 14,000 troops from Afghanistan. Speculati...
India imposes Kashmir clampdown on Eid, rejects China criticism
Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)
The Himalayan region's biggest mosque, the Jama Masjid, was ordered shut and people were only allowed to pray in smaller local mosques so that no big crowds cou...
Pakistan rules out military option India over Kashmir
Aug 08, 2019 (AFP)
The statement from Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi eased fears of an all-out clash between the South Asian neighbours, which have fought two of ...
Kashmir an 'internal affair', India tells Pakistan
Aug 08, 2019 (AFP)
India stripped Kashmir of its special status in the constitution on Monday and brought the region under its direct rule, angering Pakistan which has a competing...
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