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Pakistan deploys 15,000-strong force for Chinese security
Jun 25, 2017 (AFP)
President Mamnoon Hussain told visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Islamabad that the protection of Chinese citizens working in Pakistan was the "top p...
US watchdog decries pricey woodland uniforms for Afghan army
Jun 21, 2017 (AFP)
The office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said the Pentagon may have spent as much as $28 million more than necessary w...
Airport in Kazakh capital renamed after president
Jun 21, 2017 (AFP)
According to the directive published in the state-owned Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, the resolution to change the name of Astana International Airport is e...
Four dead as suicide bombers hit Kabul Shiite mosque
Jun 15, 2017 (AFP)
The assault claimed by Islamic State jihadists left eight others wounded when the bombers blew themselves up in the kitchen of Al Zahra mosque after police prev...
Mattis vows not to repeat past mistakes in Afghanistan
Jun 15, 2017 (AFP)
But given Afghanistan's violent history and the fate of successive presidents' efforts to score some sort of victory there, analysts are not confident of Mattis...
China to help Pakistan probe 'preaching' by kidnapped citizens
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
China was "intensifying" efforts to verify whether the two Chinese citizens were indeed killed following their abduction, adding that Pakistan has yet to confir...
Trump lets Pentagon set Afghanistan troop levels: US official
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP that Pentagon chief Jim Mattis can now directly adjust troop numbers, though the official would not co...
Journey to statehood still long for Iraq Kurds
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
The autonomous region is still at war with the Islamic State group, it hosts a displaced population of more than a million and its once promising economy has ta...
War-torn Kabul becomes a protected site for migratory birds
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
On the long, arid journey to the Caucasus and Siberia, across the Hindu Kush massif, the Kol-e-Hashmat Khan wetlands outside Kabul provide sanctuary for the tho...
US 'not winning' in Afghanistan: Pentagon chief
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
Mattis's latest assessment comes nearly 16 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and amid a war that continues to claim the lives of US troops each yea...
Iraq PM Abadi says Kurdish referendum untimely
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
"Every part of Iraq has aspirations and has a dream, and we respect that, even if we disagree with it," he said, responding to the Kurdish push to achieve state...
Iran opposes Iraqi Kurdish independence vote
Jun 10, 2017 (AFP)
"Iran's principal position is to support the territorial integrity of Iraq," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said. "The Kurdistan region is part of th...
Three US soldiers killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
Jun 10, 2017 (AFP)
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the deaths in the volatile district of Achin, which is also contested by Islamic State jihadists, saying it was carried o...
Kurdish referendum would distract from IS fight, US warns
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
The Kurdistan region announced on Wednesday that it would vote on September 25 on whether to split from the rest of Iraq and form an independent nation. "The Un...
IS claims killing two Chinese in southwest Pakistan
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
The jihadist group made the claim in a brief Arabic message carried by the group's Amaq news agency. There was no immediate confirmation from Chinese or Pakista...
Iraqi Kurds set date for historic statehood vote
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
The decision to set the date for September 25 was made at a meeting attended by Kurdish leader Massud Barzani and representatives of the region's political part...
Kabul to host peace summit after week of deadly violence
Jun 05, 2017 (AFP)
Much of Kabul remains on lockdown ahead of the conference, labelled the "Kabul Process", with tighter than usual security including more armed checkpoints and a...
Pakistani forces 'kill dozen IS fighters' in raid: officials
Jun 04, 2017 (AFP)
The operation took place in the rugged Mastung district of southwest Balochistan province and targeted the hideout cave of a group of IS commanders, a senior se...
China condemns couple's kidnapping in Pakistan
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
"The Chinese government attaches high importance to the safety of Chinese citizens overseas," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said during a regular press bri...
Two Chinese nationals kidnapped in Pakistan
May 24, 2017 (AFP)
The abductions happened around midday in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, which is at the heart of the $50 billion China Pakista...
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