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Kyrgyzstan arrests Chinese CEO of gold mining firm
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage, amid growing public scrutiny over Beijing's influence in the Central Asian country. China has poured hundreds of millions of dollars of investment into neighbouring Kyrgyzstan in recent years, financing huge infrastructure projects and expanding its mining activities in a bid to secure critical minerals. China and Kyrgyzstan say the partnership has been beneficial ... read more |
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Pakistan denies deadly strikes after Afghanistan vows retaliationJige Mughalgai, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed on Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to deadly overnight air strikes it blamed on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denied, as tensions spiked a day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city. ... more 
Kurdish PKK militants say have left key area in north IraqAnkara (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 The Kurdish militant PKK said Monday its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq in a move aimed at shoring up the peace process with Turkey. ... more 
Syria to hand over Uyghur jihadist fighters to China: sourcesDamascus (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 Syria intends to hand over jihadist fighters from China's Uyghur minority to Beijing, two sources told AFP on Monday, but the foreign ministry in Damascus denied the report. ... more 
Pakistan's Asim Munir: top soldier with lifetime immunityIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Field Marshal Asim Munir has emerged as Pakistan's most powerful military leader, analysts say, after a constitutional amendment expanded his powers and gave him lifelong rank and immunity. ... more |
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Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire, to hold another round of peace talks Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming to defuse tensions after a deadly flare-up this month. ... more 
Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 Pakistan said Wednesday that peace talks with Afghanistan had failed, in a blow to hopes for a lasting truce after the South Asian neighbours' deadliest border clashes in years. ... more
Jailed PKK chief's freedom 'crucial' for peace to work; PKK withdrawing all forces from TurkeyQandil Mountains, Iraq (AFP) Oct 26, 2025 Securing the release of the jailed founder of the Kurdish militant group PKK is needed for the success of the emerging peace process with Turkey, one of the group's senior leaders told AFP. ... more
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talksSpin Boldak, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 19, 2025 Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an "immediate ceasefire" at talks in Doha, Qatar said Sunday, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani air strikes that broke an earlier truce. ... more 
Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to new ceasefire after continued clashesWashington DC (UPI) Oct 19, 2025 Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to a new ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey after deadly clashes continued despite an earlier pause to hostilities. ... more |
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Pakistan-Afghan border crossings closed after heavy clashes
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Key border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan were closed on Sunday after fierce clashes erupted overnight following Taliban accusations that Islamabad had carried out air strikes this week, officials said. Neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan have had frosty relations since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021. Islamabad accuses authorities there of harbouring militants carrying out strikes on its soil, an accusation Afghanistan denies. Afghanistan's Taliban forces attacked P ... read more
China's President Xi makes rare visit to XinjiangBeijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping began a rare visit Tuesday to the northwest region of Xinjiang, home to numerous ethnic groups including Turkic-speaking Uyghurs, the official Xinhua news agency reported. ... more |
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Taliban rejects Trump's attempt to regain control of Bagram Air Base Washington DC (UPI) Sep 22, 2025 The Taliban government has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to regain control of Bagram Air Base, which the United States abandoned to the Afghan government during its military withdrawal from the Middle Eastern country four years ago. ... more 
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pactWashington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2025 Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense agreement, deepening their decades-long security partnership as tensions in the region heighten following Israel's attack on Qatar last week. ... more
Rights advocates demand UN press China on abuses in XinjiangGeneva (AFP) Sept 9, 2025 Uyghurs and rights advocates on Tuesday decried lame global action over a damning 2022 UN report detailing torture and sweeping abuses in China's Xinjiang region. ... more
UN refugee chief urges Pakistan to pause Afghan expulsions after quakeGeneva (AFP) Sept 3, 2025 The UN refugee chief called on Pakistan Wednesday to pause its mass expulsions of Afghan refugees after an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan killed nearly 1,500. ... more 
Decorated Australian soldier loses defamation court challengeSydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2025 One of Australia's most decorated soldiers on Thursday lost his final legal bid in a years-long defamation case against three national newspapers which had implicated him in war crimes while serving in Afghanistan. ... more |
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