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How to save a life while under fire in Afghanistan
Apr 03, 2017 (AFP)
It was first used by the armies of the Roman Empire. Centuries later, the tourniquet is buying casualties in Afghanistan what they need most -- time -- as surge...
China's Xinjiang cracks down on Muslim practices in 'anti-extremist' push
Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)
China has announced bans on beards and burkas in its remote violence-wracked Xinjiang region as part of tighter 'anti-extremism' regulations that also prohibit ...
Turkey slams Kurdish decision to fly flag in Kirkuk
Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)
Turkey on Wednesday voiced its opposition to a vote in the disputed oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk to fly the Kurdish flag over government buildings, warning aga...
Pakistan extends secret military courts
Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)
An expired Pakistani law allowing secret military courts to try civilians on terror charges was extended by the Senate for another two years Tuesday, despite st...
Disputed Iraqi province votes to fly Kurdish flag
Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)
Provincial councillors in disputed, oil-rich Kirkuk province voted Tuesday to fly the Kurdish regional flag over government buildings, a move likely to increase...
NATO troops race winter to give Afghan forces a morale boost
Mar 26, 2017 (AFP)
The target is behind a slope, the advance is unprotected: crawl, fire! Italian instructors in western Afghanistan have been using the relatively quiet winter to...
US air strike in Afghanistan killed senior Qaeda leader: official
Mar 26, 2017 (AFP)
A senior Al-Qaeda commander linked to major attacks in Pakistan including the bombing of a luxury hotel and an assault on a cricket team has been killed in a dr...
Deadly New Zealand SAS raid in Afghanistan under scrutiny
Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)
Pressure mounted on the New Zealand government Friday to call an inquiry into a botched special forces raid in Afghanistan that reportedly left six civilians de...
Russia denies supplying Taliban after NATO claim
Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)
Russia on Friday denied allegations by the commander of NATO that Moscow may be assisting the Taliban as the insurgents fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan....
Russia may be supplying the Taliban
Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)
Russia is "perhaps" supplying the Taliban as they fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a top US general said Thursday. General Curtis Scaparrotti, NATO's su...
US senator warns of 'tough decisions' with Syrian Kurds
Mar 22, 2017 (AFP)
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria faces "tough decisions" on how much it should support Kurdish fighters in an offensive to reclaim...
More US troops needed in Afghanistan: US general
Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)
The top US military commander for the Middle East warned Thursday that the United States would need more troops on the ground in Afghanistan to stave off a resu...
Iraqi Kurds, PKK fight proxy battle in north Iraq
Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)
Iraq's main Kurdish party and a Turkish rebel group fought a proxy battle Friday in the country's north, officials said, a conflict combining political rivalry ...
US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials
Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)
A US drone on Thursday killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, officials said, the first such attack in the country under the a...
Bloody Islamic State video puts China in cross-hairs
Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)
Islamic State militants from China's Uighur ethnic minority have vowed to return home and "shed blood like rivers", according to a jihadist-tracking firm, in wh...
Air strike kills key Afghan Taliban commander
Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)
An air strike has killed an Afghan Taliban commander who twice oversaw the capture of a strategic northern city, officials said Monday, in a major blow to the i...
China offers huge anti-terror awards in Xinjiang
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
China has created a 100 million yuan ($14.5 million) fund for "anti-terrorism" awards in a violence-wracked part of the country, state media reported, as the go...
Pakistan launches nationwide anti-militant offensive
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Pakistan's military announced the launch of a nationwide anti-terrorist operation on Wednesday, days after a series of bloody extremist assaults killed dozens o...
Pentagon chief readies Afghanistan proposals for Trump
Feb 19, 2017 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday said he is compiling an assessment for President Donald Trump to weigh on Afghanistan, which remains mired in a brutal...
Eight killed in knife attack in China's Xinjiang: govt
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
Eight people were killed in a knife attack on a crowd in China's restive Xinjiang region, including three assailants who were gunned down by police, local offic...
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