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Pakistan takes media, diplomats on visit to Indian strike site
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
The visiting group, which Major General Asif Ghafoor said was mostly based in Delhi, was shown observing a crater in Balakot in video published via Twitter late...
Radar images prove Pakistan F-16 shot down: Indian Air Force
Apr 08, 2019 (AFP)
Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it lost an F-16 over the skies in Kashmir while a US magazine, citing top defence officials, has also cast doubt on India's ...
Seoul confirms controversial academic as N. Korea point man
Apr 08, 2019 (AFP)
The confirmation of Kim Yeon-chul as the new unification minister comes days before Moon flies to Washington for a summit with President Donald Trump as he seek...
Afghan chief executive supports delegation for Taliban talks
Apr 07, 2019 (AFP)
In an ongoing push to find a way out of the country's 17-year-old war, Kabul had earlier announced it would send representatives to "exchange views" with Taliba...
India didn't shoot down Pakistani F-16: report
Apr 05, 2019 (AFP)
Citing two unnamed senior US defense officials, Foreign Policy said that US personnel recently conducted a count of Pakistan's F-16s and found none missing. Thi...
Taliban kill about 10 Afghan security forces: official
Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)
In the latest assault on Afghan forces, who have faced devastating losses in recent years, Taliban fighters smashed through government defence lines near the ci...
Amid turmoil, NATO in Afghanistan marks anniversary
Apr 03, 2019 (AFP)
Despite hundreds of thousands of troops from NATO having served in Afghanistan since the September 11, 2001 attacks, last year was the bloodiest on record and t...
US lawmakers urge sanctions on Xinjiang chief over Uighurs
Apr 03, 2019 (AFP)
The letter signed by 24 senators -- almost one-quarter of the body -- and 19 House members across party lines also called on the United States to step up disclo...
Former chairman of China's Xinjiang region arrested for graft
Apr 02, 2019 (AFP)
Nur Bekri was the regional government's chairman for seven years until 2014 -- a period that was marked by a spate of deadly violence in the region, including r...
Facebook removes 'fake' accounts linked to Pakistani military
Apr 01, 2019 (AFP)
The statement by Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, shines a rare light on efforts by Pakistan's shadowy military establishment to use...
China thanks Kazakhstan for 'support' of Xinjiang crackdown
Mar 29, 2019 (AFP)
China is holding one million ethnic Uighurs and other mostly Muslim groups in internment camps in the heavily policed region, according to estimates cited by a ...
China slams US criticism of Muslim treatment as 'absurd'
Mar 28, 2019 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the comment after meeting with Mihrigul Tursun, a member of the Uighur ethnic group who has spoken publicly in the US abo...
Afghan military could pose threat to country if aid ends: US report
Mar 28, 2019 (AFP)
The findings come as the US seeks to broker a peace deal between the insurgent fighters and the internationally recognized government led by President Ashraf Gh...
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a robe for religious coexistence
Mar 28, 2019 (AFP)
Shanaz Jamal, 40, says she has already been assured by the authorities in the autonomous northern region of Kurdistan that they will send her work to the Vatica...
Pakistan says it found no links to Kashmir suicide blast
Mar 28, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement by Pakistan's foreign office comes after India provided Pakistani officials with a list of 90 suspected militants and 22 locations of alleged t...
US sets up UN clash with China over bid to blacklist JeM leader
Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)
China earlier this month put on hold a request to put Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) on the UN sanctions list, over his alleged ties to Al-Qaeda...
US envoy on Afghan peace heads back to region
Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)
Zalmay Khalilzad will head to Afghanistan as well as neighboring Pakistan during the trip that began Monday and is scheduled to run through April 10. The State ...
Women's rights Afghan red line in Taliban talks; Air strike kills 13 civilians
Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)
"There will be no restrictions on girls' schooling -- we shall not sacrifice what we have been building for 18 years," Rabbani told Bild daily, voicing strong s...
Turkey treads tricky path with China's Muslim minorities
Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)
After years of frustration, Ayup, who was imprisoned for promoting his native Uyghur Turkic language in schools at home, says Turkey finally appears to be fulfi...
China 'invites' EU diplomats to visit Xinjiang
Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)
"In order to enhance the understanding of the achievements of Xinjiang's economic and social development in Europe... the Chinese side invited the diplomatic en...
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