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Iraq fires new salvo in political row with Kurds
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
The legal move marked the latest stage in the dispute between Baghdad and Kurdish regional capital Arbil sparked by the referendum, which resulted in a resoundi...
US hits 'Taliban where it hurts' by striking drug labs
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
Ten drug labs were destroyed in a series of aerial bombardments in the poppy-rich southern province of Helmand -- a Taliban stronghold -- on Sunday night, said ...
US troops told 'nothing could be done' about Afghan abuse
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
The Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General began reviewing Pentagon guidance for troops deploying to Afghanistan following a series of news sto...
NATO looks to seize momentum in Afghanistan conflict
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
NATO this week announced it would be sending some 3,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, bringing the Western military footprint up to about 16,000 soldiers. The ad...
Iraq to probe disappearance of Arabs arrested by Kurds
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
Kurds control an autonomous region in north Iraq, and they also held the disputed Kirkuk province from 2003 until they were driven out last month by federal for...
NATO says to boost Afghan mission to 16,000 troops
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
The overall size of NATO's training and support mission in the unrest-hit country will increase from roughly 13,000 to roughly 16,000, he said. Speaking a day b...
NATO probes claims of civilian casualties in Afghan airstrike
Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)
Scores of Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike that also left at least one civilian dead and six wounded in the northeastern province of Kunduz, provin...
Iraq dispute kicks off crisis for Kurdish sports
Nov 05, 2017 (AFP)
For the first time ever, two basketball teams from the region will miss the start of the Iraqi league season, after Kurdish authorities and the central governme...
Double bombing kills six in Iraq's disputed Kirkuk: security source
Nov 05, 2017 (AFP)
The attackers struck near a former police station used by Saraya al-Salam, a Shiite paramilitary force led by powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the offici...
Baghdad accuses Kurds of reneging on pullback deal
Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)
The Kurds have since "gone back on the accord" reached Sunday on the pullout of Kurdish peshmerga fighters from the disputed areas, notably a border post with T...
Iraqi army takes control of Turkey border from Kurds: Turkish PM
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
The border crossing "has been handed over to the central government" of Iraq, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told his ruling party at a televised meetin...
Pakistani, Indian military commanders trade barbs in rare call
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
During the call initiated by Islamabad on a hotline, Pakistan's director-general of military operations lambasted his Indian counterpart for targeting "innocent...
Bowe Bergdahl judge rejects charge of Trump interference
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
But the judge, Army Colonel Jeffery Nance, suggested Trump was out of line in his remarks on Bergdahl, who was seized and held captive by Afghan insurgents for ...
Barzani: fall of the Kurdish 'lord of the mountain'
Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)
The son of iconic Kurdish nationalist leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani and the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, the 71-year-old joined the ...
Iraq sees 'progress' in talks on Kurdish peshmerga pullback
Oct 28, 2017 (AFP)
But General Othman al-Ghanimi told reporters after the talks in central Nineveh province that there are "sticking points" that still need to be resolved. "We ha...
Kurdish parliament says will reallocate Barzani powers
Oct 28, 2017 (AFP)
A statement from Barzani will be read out at the meeting which is set to open at 1100 GMT, parliament said on Saturday. On Tuesday, parliament decided to freeze...
Iraq halts Kurd attack, moves on IS; Demands Kurds hand over border post
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the 24-hour halt as his troops faced off with Kurdish fighters on the second day of a drive to capture the vital oil expo...
UN pushes Kurd talks; Iraq, Turkey dismiss offer to freeze vote
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
The appeal from the top UN body came after Baghdad dismissed an offer from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to freeze the outcome of the referendum, which delivered a reso...
Iraq Kurds offer to freeze independence vote
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
The proposal came as world powers scrambled to avert any further escalation of the conflict between the key allies in the fight against the Islamic State group ...
NATO to press Moscow on reported support for Taliban
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
NATO ambassadors are to meet Thursday in Brussels with Russian's envoy to the alliance, Alexander Grushko, and Afghanistan is on the agenda, Petr Pavel, chairma...
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