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Baghdad ends air blockade of Iraqi Kurdistan
Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)
Federal authorities imposed the blockade in September after Iraqi Kurdistan voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum rejected as illega...
Mattis in Kabul, says elements in Taliban open to peace talks
Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis flew into the war-torn nation on an unannounced visit two weeks after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled a plan to open peace talks with the Taliban,...
Orbital ATK to provide ISR aircraft to Afghan Air Force
Mar 09, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $86.4 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract. T...
Moscow slams CENTCOM Chief's claims on Russia's role in Central Asia
Mar 07, 2018 (Sputnik)
On Tuesday, Votel addressed the US lower house Committee on Armed Services and said that Russia's significant influence in the Central Asian region "limits US e...
New US advisors hope to give Afghan soldiers vital boost
Mar 04, 2018 (AFP)
Pentagon officials hope the deployment of hundreds of battle-hardened, expert troops across the country will help turn the tide in the war, but Afghanistan watc...
Turkish strikes kill 14 Damascus loyalists in Kurd enclave: monitor
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
Three Kurdish fighters were also killed in the strikes late Thursday on the village of Jamma in the enclave on the Turkish border, the Britain-based Syrian Obse...
US welcomes Afghan peace moves but will keep pressure on Taliban
Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)
After an international peace conference in Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday unveiled a plan to open talks with the Taliban, including eventuall...
US general sees 'positive indicators' in Pakistan
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
Relations between Pakistan and the US have been tense since Trump lashed out at Islamabad last August, upbraiding it for sheltering "agents of chaos." In Januar...
China using 'predictive policing' in Xinjiang region: HRW
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
According to the New York-based rights group, Xinjiang authorities are collating vast troves of information on individuals, often without their knowledge, and u...
Iraq extends air blockade of Kurdistan by three months
Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)
The federal government in Baghdad first imposed the air blockade in September after Iraqi Kurdistan voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding refer...
Pakistan lays 'moral compass' Asma Jahangir to rest
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
Sobbing lawyers dressed in black blazers, leading politicians, intellectuals and activists joined more than 3,000 citizens flooding Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium, wh...
Turkish base in Iraqi Kurdistan attacked: PKK, witness
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
Intense fighting lasted some two hours around the base at Guerbya, near the city of Zakho close to the Turkish border, the witness told AFP. There was no immedi...
Afghan conflict to intensify in 2018 'game changer'
Feb 11, 2018 (AFP)
A traditional easing in fighting during the freezing winter months has been absent this year as the Taliban and Islamic State group respond to intensifying US a...
China wants 11 Uighurs back, says Malaysia
Feb 10, 2018 (AFP)
In the dramatic breakout last November, a group of 25 Uighurs used blankets to climb out of their cells in a daring pre-dawn escape from their cell in southern ...
The people who know no war: Afghanistan's most isolated corner
Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)
The frail-looking grandmother whose harsh life has etched deep lines in her face, is a woman of the Wakhi, a tribe of roughly 12,000 nomadic people who populate...
Pentagon expands campaign against Taliban in Afghanistan
Feb 07, 2018 (UPI)
The air campaign over the last four days has targeted Taliban training facilities in Badakhshan province, which officials say prevented the "planning and rehear...
China urges Pakistan to solve Chinese citizen's killing
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
The two Chinese were in their car in an upmarket area on Monday when the attackers in another car opened fire on their vehicle, according to police, describing ...
Chinese man shot dead in southern Pakistan
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
The two Chinese were in their car in the Zamzama district when the attackers in another car opened fire on their vehicle. One of the Chinese suffered two bullet...
Afghan delivery men feel pressure as online sales rise
Feb 04, 2018 (AFP)
As Afghans embrace online shopping, harried delivery men in the capital are increasingly running the gauntlet of security checkpoints, gridlocked traffic, and p...
China in talks over military base in remote Afghanistan: officials
Feb 02, 2018 (AFP)
The army camp will be built in Afghanistan's remote and mountainous Wakhan Corridor, where witnesses have reported seeing Chinese and Afghan troops on joint pat...
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