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Pakistani military says US not contemplating unilateral action
Jan 12, 2018 (AFP)
Votel, who spoke to General Qamar Javed Bajwa by telephone "over the week", also said that the "on-going turbulence" around a tweet by Donald Trump suspending a...
US military probes video of apparent shooting in Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2018 (AFP)
The incident is nestled within a three-minute video, overdubbed with hip-hop music, that is a compilation of macho, helmet-cam footage showing US special operat...
U.S. wants 'decisive action' against terrorism, Pentagon says of Pakistan
Jan 09, 2018 (UPI)
The Pentagon's top press officer told reporters Monday that the United States wants Pakistan to take "decisive action" against terrorism within the region follo...
US conveys 'concrete' steps for Pakistan: Pentagon
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
"Our expectations are straightforward," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Rob Manning told reporters. "Taliban and Haqqani leadership and attack planners should no lon...
US military weighs supply options amid Pakistan spat
Jan 07, 2018 (AFP)
The Trump administration's decision to withhold hundreds of millions from its "coalition support funds" has riled Pakistan, with some there calling for retaliat...
Over 2,000 Afghans sent by Iran killed in Syria: official
Jan 06, 2018 (AFP)
The Fatemiyoun Brigade of Afghan "volunteer" recruits has been fighting in Syria for five years, said Zohair Mojahed, a cultural official in the brigade. "This ...
Afghan air force has made progress but work not yet done: Pentagon report
Jan 05, 2018 (UPI)
The IG report, released on Thursday, notes that the Afghan Air Force has garnered "notable accomplishments." Using Embraer-made A-29 Super Tucanos, the Afghans ...
US military member killed in Afghanistan
Jan 02, 2018 (AFP)
According to the NATO mission in Kabul, the "combat engagement" occurred in Achin, in the restive Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. "Two wounded servic...
Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet
Jan 02, 2018 (AFP)
David Hale was asked to attend the foreign ministry on Monday night, after Islamabad responded angrily to the US President's allegations that it provided safe h...
Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid over 'deceit' in terror fight
Jan 01, 2018 (AFP)
The tweet brought a quick and pointed rejoinder from Pakistan, which said it had done much for the United States, helping it to "decimate" Al-Qaeda, while getti...
Pakistan's girl cadets dream of taking power
Dec 31, 2017 (AFP)
Thirteen-year-old Durkhanay, a student at Pakistan's first ever Girls' Cadet College, established earlier this year in the deeply conservative northwest, brims ...
Syrian offensive against Kurds would be a 'mistake': Mattis
Dec 29, 2017 (AFP)
"That would be a mistake," Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon. Assad and rebel Kurdish forces have recently exchanged angry words, stoking fears that fightin...
Iraq extends Kurdistan international flight ban
Dec 28, 2017 (AFP)
Baghdad severed Iraqi Kurdistan's air links to the outside world in late September after it voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum re...
China, Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on terror cooperation
Dec 26, 2017 (AFP)
The first trilateral meeting of foreign ministers from the countries comes as China steps up its investment in its neighbouring nations as part of its trillion-...
Hundreds arrested since Iraqi Kurd protests began: lawmakers
Dec 26, 2017 (AFP)
They said hundreds of them were still being held over the unrest, which saw protesters torch offices of political parties in the autonomous region in northern I...
New protests in Iraqi Kurdistan as residents seethe at authorities
Dec 22, 2017 (AFP)
Furious locals have torched the offices of the autonomous region's main political parties in a string of towns since Monday as ire boiled over at the calamitous...
Protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan despite police clampdown
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
Demonstrators in the town of Rania, where five protesters were shot dead and dozens wounded Tuesday, torched the offices of several political parties as people ...
Iraqi Kurdistan protests turn deadly
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
Demonstrators in the autonomous Kurdish area in the north of the country torched the offices of a mayor and political parties as protests broke out for a second...
Militants storm Kabul spy training centre
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
Security forces battled the militants, besieged in a construction site at the National Directorate of Security (NDS), for hours before killing at least two atta...
Post-referendum woes spark angry protests in Iraqi Kurdistan
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
Furious demonstrators set fire to buildings in the Piramagrun area of Sulaimaniyah province as they demanded the resignation of the autonomous region's leadersh...
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