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Military's shadow darkens media coverage of Pakistan elections
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
Media houses describe a sustained campaign by the security establishment ahead of the July 25 election to curb their coverage. Those who refuse to toe the line ...
Chinese firms cash in on Xinjiang's growing police state
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
The surveillance machine in Xinjiang region has grown exponentially in recent years, used by the ruling Communist Party to guard against what it considers Islam...
Afghan Taliban say fighting will continue despite civilian deaths
Jun 26, 2018 (AFP)
The insurgents returned to the battlefield last week after refusing a government request to extend their unprecedented ceasefire over Eid, launching attacks acr...
Hundreds protest Turkish strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan
Jun 22, 2018 (AFP)
Erdogan said earlier this month that Turkish jets had "destroyed 14 important targets" in the Sinjar and Qandil regions of northern Iraq, pledging that the atta...
Afghan peace marchers arrive in Kabul as Taliban end ceasefire
Jun 18, 2018 (AFP)
Exhausted after their 700-kilometre (430-mile) 40-day trek, most of it during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, the marchers walked double file through the ...
Iraq's only Kurdish airline takes off with Europe flight
Jun 18, 2018 (AFP)
Officials hope Fly Erbil's take-off is a sign of changing fortunes in the autonomous region, which has suffered from the jihadists onslaught and a failed indepe...
US military targets senior militant in Afghanistan
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
"US forces conducted a counterterrorism strike, June 13, in Kunar province, close to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which targeted a senior leader...
Uproar over Australian army vehicle flying swastika flag
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
National broadcaster ABC published a leaked photo of the 2007 incident and cited a defence source as saying it was more a "twisted joke" than evidence of genuin...
Taliban agrees to unprecedented Eid ceasefire with Afghan forces
Jun 09, 2018 (AFP)
But the group warned the suspension of fighting for the first three days of Eid, the holiday that caps off Ramadan, did not extend to "foreign occupiers", who w...
Australian commandos accused of Afghan war crimes
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
The investigation, reported by Fairfax Media, quoted unnamed special forces insiders saying some Australian troops engaged in the "unsanctioned and illegal appl...
Canada says no longer aiding Iraqi Kurds
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
Canada is part of the United States-led international coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, which has trained and assisted local forces w...
Pakistan military hits back at criticism as elections loom
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
The push comes one day after a rights group clashed with Taliban-linked militants in the country's northwest, sparking fresh claims the military was backing pro...
Turkey says troops closing in on Kurd stronghold in Iraq
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
Several Turkish troops have been killed in the region in recent months during clashes with the PKK, although the authorities remain vague over where the fightin...
Iraq issues arrest warrant for Kurdish referendum leader
Jun 03, 2018 (AFP)
Rebwar Talabani, head of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, was one of the architects of the September referendum in which an overwhelming majority backed independe...
Russian pilot found alive 30 years after shot down in Afghanistan
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
"He is still alive. It's very astonishing. Now he needs help," the head of the paratroopers' union Valery Vostrotin told RIA Novosti state news agency. Vostroti...
Turkey says 3 soldiers killed in Iraq clashes with Kurdish rebels
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
"Three of our heroic comrades fell as martyrs as a result of clashes with members of the separatist terrorist organisation in northern Iraq," the army said, ref...
Taliban, Afghan officials in ceasefire talks: US general
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
"A lot of the diplomatic activity and dialogue is occurring off the stage, and it's occurring at multiple levels," General John Nicholson said in a teleconferen...
Pentagon warns Syria's Assad against attacking Kurdish-led forces
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
"Any interested party in Syria should understand that attacking US Forces or our coalition partners will be a bad policy," Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie, ...
Pakistan, India vow to stop ceasefire violations in Kashmir
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
Dozens have been killed in border clashes in recent months along the Line of Control, the heavily militarised de facto border dividing the Himalayan territory, ...
Afghan special forces kill nine civilians: officials
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
The victims were related to Afghan Senate chairman Fazel Hadi Muslimyaar, provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP. "A delegation from Kabul has been se...
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