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Some US-backed Kurdish fighters return to fight IS: coalition
Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)
Kurdish members of the Syrian Democratic Forces -- made up of Kurds, Syrian Arabs and other groups -- had quit the Middle Euphrates River Valley in February aft...
Afghan artisans pit their talents against Chinese imports
Apr 15, 2018 (AFP)
Launched in 2006, "Zarif" -- "precious" in Persian -- commissions traditional cotton and silk from artisanal weavers, then employs more than two dozen people --...
At least two killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan cross-border gunfight
Apr 15, 2018 (AFP)
At least one Afghan civilian and two Pakistani security forces were killed in the clash, said Abdul Hanan Zadran, acting police chief for Afghanistan's eastern ...
Kashmir takes the hit as Indo-Pakistan tensions fester
Apr 12, 2018 (AFP)
The de facto border dividing the mountainous territory had been relatively quiet in the wake of a 2003 ceasefire between the South Asian neighbours, each of who...
New Zealand to probe deadly SAS raid in Afghanistan
Apr 11, 2018 (AFP)
The New Zealand military vehemently denies the accusations, which were first made in a book "Hit and Run" published last year. The book alleged an elite SAS squ...
Lender sees Afghan need for private investment
Apr 11, 2018 (UPI)
The ADB expects the Afghan economy is stalled out at around 2.5 percent growth for gross domestic production through 2019. A "tenuous" political situation and t...
US confirms top IS commander in Afghanistan killed in airstrike
Apr 09, 2018 (AFP)
Qari Hikmatullah -- also spelled Hekmat -- and his bodyguard were killed in the northern province of Faryab on Thursday, US Forces-Afghanistan said in a stateme...
Pakistan's Pashtuns rally against abuses by security forces
Apr 08, 2018 (AFP)
The crowd chanted anti-military slogans as speakers took to the stage demanding an end to forced "disappearances" and harassment by authorities. "I salute the P...
Top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan killed in airstrike: officials
Apr 07, 2018 (AFP)
Qari Hekmat was the top commander of IS's Afghan franchise in the northern province of Jowzjan, where the group established a stronghold after coming under inte...
Taliban vows 'serious revenge' over Afghan airstrike
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
The government and military have said the Afghan Air Force (AAF) hit a Taliban base in the northeastern province of Kunduz on Monday where senior commanders wer...
Afghan Air Force in the spotlight after madrassa bombing
Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)
Dozens of children were killed or wounded when Afghan Air Force (AAF) helicopters attacked the madrassa in the northeastern province of Kunduz, Afghan security ...
UN probes reports of 'serious harm to civilians' in Afghan airstrike
Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)
Hundreds of people were attending a graduation ceremony at the madrassa in a Taliban-controlled northeastern district on Monday when Afghan Air Force helicopter...
Civilian casualties in Afghan airstrike on madrassa
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
Top Taliban commanders were gathered inside the madrassa where a graduation ceremony was under way for students at the time of the attack in the northeastern pr...
Malala makes first trip to Pakistan since Taliban attack
Mar 29, 2018 (AFP)
The 20-year-old's unannounced arrival with her parents under tight security at Islamabad's international airport overnight has been met with a tsunami of social...
Pakistanis distressed as Uighur wives vanish in China dragnet
Mar 25, 2018 (AFP)
As the snow piled high, the men would stay in touch with their families by phone, longing for the spring thaw that would allow them to be reunited in Xinjiang. ...
PKK says to quit northwest Iraq after Turkish warning
Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to expand a military campaign in Syria to other Kurdish-held areas up to the Iraqi border. The KCK, consi...
Syrian Kurds bitter over West turning a blind eye to Afrin
Mar 21, 2018 (AFP)
Turkey's offensive aided by its Syrian allies including secular rebels and Islamist groups who rampaged through Afrin and triggered a mass exodus -- has left Sy...
Baghdad resumes paying salaries of Kurds frozen over vote
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement was the latest sign of an easing of tensions between the two sides and comes a week after Baghdad lifted an air blockade of the autonomous Kurd...
Women GPs bring remote care to rural Pakistan
Mar 18, 2018 (AFP)
Healthcare in rural Pakistan and the careers of women doctors are being revolutionised as internet access grows across the country, allowing people with limited...
Top US general in Afghanistan urges 'tired' Taliban to talk peace
Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last month unveiled a plan to open talks to end the 16-year-old war, offering to negotiate with the Taliban without any preconditi...
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