In the eastern province of Kunar, spring usually brings more fighting, but this year could be different. by Laura Cesaretti and Fazelmunallah Qazizai Men chat in a village near Asadabad, Kunar Province [Laura Cesaretti/Al …
The situation in Afghanistan, fight against religious extremism, functioning of border crossing points were discussed during bilateral consultations between the Security Councils of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on April 5 in Tashkent, the Foreign Ministry …
Turkey’s security officials are divided over how to handle China’s ongoing repressive policies against the Uighurs, a Turkic minority living mainly in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Pro-Russian circles believe Turkey shouldn’t take any approach that might …
By Alyza Sebenius and Nick Wadhams | Bloomberg News President Donald Trump said Tuesday that NATO allies have made progress toward meeting his demands to increase their defense spending, in a meeting with the …
Reference: FOB Sharana was initially established as Camp Kearney on 21 November 2004. This was followed by the construction of an airstrip and helicopter landing zone. It was completed in 2005 and the name …
Delegation of Russian gas giant Gazprom led by its CEO Alexey Miller paid a working visit to Turkmenistan. Miller met with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat on March 27, the company said. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will meet with Chinese, Russian and European Union diplomats on Afghanistan on Thursday as he tries to forge a peace deal with the …
BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday, in a policy paper defending its controversial de-radicalisation measures for Muslims in the restive …
Fifty-eight members of the Afghan Border Police, who crossed the border into Turkmenistan following heavy battles with Taliban militants, have returned home through the Torghundi Port in the western Herat province on Monday, the …
Kazakh Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev steps down as President of Kazakhstan President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has declared he resigns. “I have made the decision to terminate my presidential duties,” Nazarbayev said in his …