News Of Asia

Next EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting to be held in 2020 in Brussels: EU ready to support projects that would link Central Asia and Afghanistan

8 Jul, 2019 11 views

Next EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting to be held in 2020 in Brussels  The Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, as …

Hekmatiyar: Foreigners Trying To Monopolize The Peace Process

8 Jul, 2019 6 views

  Hekmatyar says transparent elections will help the country to get out of the current crisis. The reconciled leader of Hizb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, at a press conference in Kabul on Sunday cautiously reacted to …

‘Spectacular progress’, says Taliban as US talks enter fifth day

5 Jul, 2019 27 views

Taliban spokesman says latest round of negotiations in Doha has resulted in completion of ’80-90 percent’ of agreement. The most recent round of talks between the US and the Taliban began in Doha on …

US, Taliban scramble to rewrite draft on troop withdrawal

5 Jul, 2019 59 views

The talks are taking place before a peace conference on Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar on Sunday. There are around 14,000 US troops still in Afghanistan, according to a senior US official [File: Massoud Hossaini/AP …

China calls Xinjiang camps training centres, but government’s own documents say otherwise, researcher finds

2 Jul, 2019 40 views

A researcher’s review of government documents finds evidence of coercive internment, police presence and political brainwashing The findings refute China’s claims of ‘vocational education and training centres’ by quoting government reports not intended for …

Foreign worker whose photo led to Tengiz field conflict fired. Deportation of foreign workers from Tengiz field out of question, Kazakh Energy Ministry says

2 Jul, 2019 94 views

  Foreign worker whose photo led to Tengiz field conflict fired AKIPRESS.COM – A foreign worker, who provoked a conflict between foreign and local workers at the Tengiz field, was fired. The company management will …

Gun battle ends in Afghan capital after Taliban blast wounds 105

2 Jul, 2019 16 views

Attack comes as U.S. special peace envoy holds seventh round of peace talks with Taliban Islamist militant group in Qatar, aimed at bringing an end to 18-year war By Hamid Shalizi, Abdul Qadir Sediqi …

Bigger problems loom for afghans: War, drought, diplomatic rifts deepen Afghanistan’s water crisis

30 Jun, 2019 50 views

Worst drought in a decade highlights poor infrastructure, with drinking water, agriculture and livelihoods under threat. A recent flash flood in Kamp-e-Sakhi damaged Somagul’s home and destroyed her family’s most expensive belongings [Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al Jazeera] …

Peace for Afghanistan: What we know: 2001-2019

30 Jun, 2019 7 views

The seventh round of talks begin, days after the US says it hopes for a peace deal before September 1. by Shereena Qazii US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their sixth round of peace …