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Casualty rate soars for Afghan security forces: NATO
Aug 25, 2016 (AFP)
Afghan security forces are being killed or wounded in attacks by the Taliban and other groups in even higher numbers than last year, when they suffered devastat...
State Dept. approves $60 million arms sale to Afghanistan
Aug 22, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $60 million sale to Afghanistan for a variety of weapons and equipment. Required notification was delivered to...
Turkey launches artillery strikes on IS, Kurdish PYD in north Syria: TV
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
Turkish armed forces on Monday launched artillery strikes on separate targets of Islamic State (IS) jihadists and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Kurdish milit...
Syria regime pounds Kurdish positions for second day
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
Syrian regime warplanes bombarded the northeastern city of Hasakeh for the second day on Friday, targeting positions held by Kurdish forces, a monitor and a jou...
Pakistan military kills 11 militants
Aug 18, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan's military said Thursday it had killed at least 11 militants in air strikes in a restive tribal region near the Afghan border as part of an ongoing off...
Turkey court shuts down pro-Kurdish newspaper
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the temporary closure of a newspaper accused of links with Kurdish militants and spreading terrorist propaganda. The court in...
Pakistan military kills 14 militants
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan's military killed at least 14 militants in air strikes and a ground operation in a restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Tuesday. The army of...
Iraq Kurds gain new ground in pre-Mosul op
Aug 15, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish forces on Monday wrapped up a two-day offensive during which they took several positions from the Islamic State group near its Mosul bastion, offi...
IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US strike
Aug 12, 2016 (AFP)
The Islamic State group's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, the Pentagon said Friday...
Thousands flee fierce fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand
Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)
Fierce fighting in Helmand has sent thousands of Afghans fleeing to the capital of the southern opium-rich province, sparking a humanitarian crisis as Taliban i...
Pentagon to withhold $300 million in aid to Pakistan
Aug 04, 2016 (UPI)
The Pentagon is reportedly withholding $300 million in military assistance to Pakistan over concerns that the government isn't doing enough to stop militants. P...
India home minister to visit Pakistan as tensions flare
Jul 28, 2016 (AFP)
India's home minister will travel to Pakistan next week for a one-day regional meeting, New Delhi said Thursday, as tensions flare between the nuclear-armed riv...
Five US troops wounded in Afghanistan: military
Jul 28, 2016 (AFP)
Five US special forces troops have been wounded fighting the Islamic State group in eastern Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, the US commander said Thursday....
Afghan forces step up anti-IS offensive after deadly attack
Jul 26, 2016 (AFP)
Afghan forces backed by US airstrikes Tuesday ramped up an offensive against the Islamic State group in their eastern stronghold, days after the jihadists claim...
Turkey Kurdish leader 'against both coup and Erdogan'
Jul 22, 2016 (AFP)
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party strongly opposes the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but will keep up its opposition to the "oppression" of t...
Pentagon chief Carter lands in Afghanistan
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday for talks with President Ashraf Ghani, days after the United States and NATO pledged to kee...
Posters begging for military coup raise eyebrows in Pakistan
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
Posters begging Pakistan's powerful army chief to launch a coup appeared in major cities including the capital Islamabad overnight, raising eyebrows in a countr...
Afghanistan welcomes NATO's renewed security pledge
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Monday welcomed as an "achievement" the renewed funding commitment from NATO for his country's fledgling security forces amid i...
NATO makes fresh funding, troop pledge for Afghanistan
Jul 09, 2016 (AFP)
NATO agreed Saturday to maintain troop numbers in Afghanistan and reiterated a funding pledge for local security forces until 2020, but officials did not say wh...
NATO countries willing to 'do more' in Afghanistan: Pentagon chief
Jul 07, 2016 (AFP)
NATO members have indicated they will boost contributions to the Afghanistan security mission, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday, a day after Was...
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