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Afghan suicide blast kills three Czech soldiers, Taliban claim responsibility
Aug 05, 2018 (AFP)
"Three Resolute Support service members were killed by a suicide bomber during a combined, dismounted patrol with Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan," NATO's ...
Kazakh court spares Chinese 're-education camp' whistleblower
Aug 01, 2018 (AFP)
Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national, was detained after she entered Kazakhstan illegally in April to join her husband and two children. The 41-...
Afghan anti-corruption efforts struggle: US watchdog
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
The latest report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which comes almost a year after President Donald Trump unveiled an ov...
Imran Khan's difficult road ahead as Pakistan PM
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
Running the country will take considerable statecraft from Khan's relatively inexperienced party. He brings charisma, international name recognition and a sizea...
Pakistan's Imran Khan wins vote but no majority
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
The pivotal election has been branded "Pakistan's dirtiest", after widespread claims in the months leading up to the vote that the powerful military was trying ...
Uproar as Pakistan election results delayed and Khan tipped for power
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
Results were still being tallied Thursday, hours after Khan's supporters took to the streets to celebrate winning an election that opponents have said the power...
Imran Khan claims victory in Pakistan election
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
There was no official confirmation of results from Pakistan's election commission almost 24 hours after polls closed in Wednesday's vote but partial, unofficial...
Pakistan votes as suicide blast kills 28
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
Thirty-five people were injured in the bombing in the southwestern city of Quetta, the second this month in Balochistan province after an attack claimed by the ...
Arrests skyrocketed in China's Muslim far west in 2017
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
The ruling Communist Party has justified increasingly tight policing of Xinjiang by saying it faces a threat from Islamic extremism and separatism, but many Mus...
Military fans out across Pakistan ahead of elections
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
Armed soldiers watched closely as election officials in the capital Islamabad Tuesday distributed ballot boxes and voting materials for polling stations across ...
Fears mount in Pakistan over military's election powers
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
The Pakistan military will station over 370,000 troops nationwide to ensure the vote goes smoothly, the largest such deployment in the country's history on an e...
Afghanistan probes civilian casualties in military operation
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
The casualties were caused by an air strike in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday, Char Dara district governor Zalmai Farooqi and villagers told AFP. V...
Military looms large over divisive Pakistan election
Jul 19, 2018 (AFP)
Observers have slammed "blatant" attempts to manipulate the ballot, which will see the brother of a recently jailed three-time prime minister face off against a...
Chinese 'reeducation camps' in spotlight at Kazakh trial
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
On trial is Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national who is accused of illegally crossing the border to join her husband and two children in Kazakhs...
Russia, Tajikistan hold anti-Taliban drills near Afghan border
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
More than 10,000 troops, mostly Tajik reservists, will take part in the first such drills in the area by the ex-Soviet allies, Tajikistan's defence ministry sai...
Muslims in China's 'Little Mecca' fear eradication of Islam
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
In what locals told AFP they fear is a deliberate move to eradicate Islam, the atheist ruling Communist Party has banned minors under 16 from religious activity...
US not ready to negotiate directly with Taliban: NATO
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
US General John Nicholson spoke with Afghan officials in Kandahar, where he reportedly said the US was "ready" to talk to the Taliban -- a shift from the long-h...
Britain to send extra 440 troops to Afghanistan
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
The extra troops will be from the Welsh Guards regiment, with around half deploying in August and a second contingent to follow in February. "In committing addi...
Pakistan army says it has 'no direct role' in July 25 election
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
Instead the military, which is the most powerful institution in the country and has ruled it for roughly half its 70-year history, will deploy more than 370,000...
Afghan civilian casualties rose over winter: Pentagon
Jul 03, 2018 (AFP)
In its semi-annual report to Congress, the Pentagon found that between December 1 and May 31, the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan counted more than 4,223 civ...
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