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Rioting video sparks anti-Muslim rage in China
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
Online attacks on Chinese Muslim minorities have surged in recent years, with commenters directing angry screeds at both the Hui and the Uighur minority groups ...
Afghanistan to double special forces in fight against Taliban
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
These new members of Afghanistan's Special Operations Command (SOC) will soon be on the frontline of the war that US President Donald Trump has vowed "to win" b...
Orbital ATK receives $69.4M for Afghan Air Force AC-208 light aircraft
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
The contract, announced last week by the Department of Defense, falls under pseudo foreign military sales requirement which is not signed by the receiving natio...
US defense secretary orders new troops to Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2017 (AFP)
"Yes, I've signed orders" for fresh deployments, Mattis told reporters, without specifying how many. "By and large, this is to enable the Afghan force to fight ...
Iran warns Kirkuk over Iraqi Kurdistan referendum
Aug 30, 2017 (AFP)
The council in Kirkuk, an ethnically mixed region under Baghdad's control, voted Tuesday to take part in the referendum, a move the Iraqi central government den...
US has 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, more than previous count: Pentagon
Aug 30, 2017 (AFP)
Pentagon Joint Staff Director Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie said a comprehensive review showed there were approximately 11,000 uniformed US servicemen and...
Afghan airstrikes 'kill 13 civilians', officials say
Aug 29, 2017 (AFP)
The strikes, targeting a prison and command base run by the insurgents in volatile Shindand district, also hit nearby houses late Monday evening, Herat provinci...
Iraq's Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence referendum
Aug 29, 2017 (AFP)
The central government in Baghdad is strongly opposed to Iraqi Kurdistan's planned September 25 referendum, which is non-binding but could lead to independence....
China's top diplomat defends Pakistan in Tillerson call
Aug 24, 2017 (AFP)
Trump, in unveiling his Afghanistan strategy this week, said Pakistan was playing a double game by accepting American aid while giving safe haven to insurgents ...
Erdogan tells visiting US defence chief 'uneasy' over arming Kurds
Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)
Mattis made the one-day visit after stopping in Iraq to review progress in the campaign against the Islamic State group, urging coalition partners to prevent ot...
Afghanistan welcomes Trump vow to stay 'without time limit'
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
President Ashraf Ghani, speaking to troops in southern Kandahar, birthplace of the Taliban, said Trump's first formal address as commander-in-chief late Monday ...
China defends Pakistan against Trump criticism
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
In a major speech outlining US policy on Afghanistan, the American president slammed Islamabad for offering safe haven to "agents of chaos". Successive US admin...
Trump tough talk unlikely to move Pakistan
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
Washington has long been frustrated by Pakistan's provision of cross-border safe havens to some of the Taliban factions and armed Islamist groups fighting again...
Trump open to eventual political deal with Taliban
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
"Someday, after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political sentiment that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan," h...
Trump backs off Afghan withdrawal, lambasts Pakistan
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
In his first formal address to the nation as commander-in-chief, Trump discarded his previous criticism of the 16-year-old war as a waste of time and money, adm...
Move against Kurd rebels on Turkey-Iran agenda: Erdogan
Aug 21, 2017 (AFP)
Turkey has battled the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for decades, while the Iranian security forces have also fought its affiliate, the Party of Free ...
Trump mulls new US strategy in Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)
Trump must decide if he wants to continue on the current course, which relies on a relatively small US-led NATO force to help Afghan partners push back the Tali...
Trump at Camp David on Friday for Afghanistan talks
Aug 16, 2017 (AFP)
The administration is split over what stance to adopt on the longest-running war in US history. Possible plans include sending thousands more troops into the ne...
Mattis backs US Afghan commander; Two US soldiers killed in Iraq
Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)
NBC News this month said Trump had told Mattis and General Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, they should replace General John Nicholson, w...
US urges Iraq Kurds to postpone independence vote
Aug 12, 2017 (AFP)
The timing of the September 25 vote has drawn criticism from both the Baghdad and Western governments, coming as the campaign against the Islamic State jihadist...
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