Afghanistan – Page 25 – Asia Times

An abstract illustration of human DNA molecules. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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China spirals past US in genome research

by Richard S Ehrlich February 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Children arrive to play with friends at an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad in Pakistan on February 2. Photo: Reuters/ Caren Firouz

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Afghan refugees in peril as tensions escalate with Pakistan

by F.M. Shakil February 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Xiamen in September. Photo: Xinhua

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Expect greater rivalry between India and China in South Asia

by Manoj Joshi February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters near the city of Afrin, Syria on February 19, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi

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Turkey is attacking us in Afrin, says SDF commander

by Mahmoud Berkhdan February 22, 2018

Smoke rises from Syria's Afrin region, pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border, on January 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Osman Orsal

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Afrin marks the point of collapse for American influence in Syria

by David P. Goldman February 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Western powers want action against terrorist Hafiz Saeed and his groups. Photo: Reuters / Mohsin Raza

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Hafiz Sayeed’s groups put on UN terror list

by Saikat Datta and Kunwar Khuldune Shahid February 15, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump is welcomed by US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, then commander of United States Pacific Command, at its headquarters in Aiea, Hawaii, November 3, 2017. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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Trump dispatches China hawk to Australia

by Alan Boyd February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin via Reuters

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US keen on Russia distancing itself from Iran’s Syrian ambitions

by David P. Goldman February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Muhammad Khan Mehsud (C), the father of Naqibullah Mehsud, whose family said was killed by police in a so-called "encounter killing", speaks to grand jirga (tribal assembly or public meeting) in Karachi, Pakistan January 22, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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Pashtuns rising up against years of military oppression

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid February 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on May 23, 2016, shows Rouhani (left) arriving for a press briefing with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after signing a three-way transit agreement regarding Iran's southern Chabahar port. Photo: AFP / Iranian Presidential handout

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Modi a match for Trump as he picks his own foreign policy course

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Diplomatic handshake between leaders from India and Saudi Arabia with flag-painted hands. Image: iStock

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India-Saudi Arabia relations on promising path

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 13, 2018

Illustration: iStock

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China will not fall into the ‘Thucydides Trap’ with India

by Pepe Escobar February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A Patriot missile launcher near the Israeli city of Eila. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez

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Iran’s stealth drone was shot down in a new way

by Stephen Bryen February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

People hold sign as they gather to condemn the death of Naqibullah Mehsud, whose family said was killed by police in a so-called "encounter killing", during a grand jirga (tribal assembly or public meeting) in Karachi, Pakistan January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Campaign against Pashtuns undermines rule of law

by Rahim Nasar February 11, 2018February 12, 2018

Rock, paper, scissors. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pictured with US President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017. Photo: dpa

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Trump and Modi speak as India weighs sending troops to Maldives

by Asia Times staff February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

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恰巴哈尔港诱阿富汗离弃卡拉奇港

by F.M. Shakil February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

The rugged Wakhan Corridor of Badakhshan province in northern Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

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China’s latest move in the graveyard of empires

by Pepe Escobar February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

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Terror in the name of terror

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan January 21, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, China, South Asia

Pentagon sees potential for cooperation with China in Afghanistan: official

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Deep inside the Catacombs of Paris. Photo: iStock

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Guidance from the Ghost of Richelieu

by Spengler February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Members of Japan's "Virtual Currency Girls" pop group, perform in cryptocurrency-themed masks in Tokyo, on January 12. Photo: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Inside Asia’s love-hate relationship with virtual currencies

by Wiliam Pesek February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks at the 16th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 3, 2017. Photo: Edgar Su / Reuters

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US must rethink how to handle Great Power conflict

by William Holland February 5, 2018

Combat weapons, US dollars and ammunition scattered on a sackcloth. Photo: iStock

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As ISIS fighters return, Central Asia braces for attacks

by Tatiana Kanunnikova February 4, 2018

Safi Haidary and his-father-in-law, Karim Afghanzadah, own the Afghan Village Restaurant in Fremont.

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Kabul by the Bay: Afghan culinary adventures in Northern California

by Charley Lanyon February 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

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How can America change Pakistani behavior?

by Brahma Chellaney February 4, 2018February 18, 2020

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor aims to strengthen China's strategic and economic ties in South Asia and help Pakistan reduce its dependency on the US and its allies in the West.Image: Wikimedia Commons

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US-Pakistan relations: A troubling scenario for South Asia

by Rahim Nasar February 4, 2018

The Indian Army has Russian-made T-90 tanks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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A lesson for Kim Jong-un: tank warfare is changing fast

by Stephen Bryen February 2, 2018

A scenic part of Iran's strategic Chabahar Port, which will serve a growing volume of Afghan traffic. Photo: AFP

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Chabahar Port lures Afghan traffic away from Karachi

by F.M. Shakil February 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A Uighur man in front of military police during a counter-terrorism drill in Xinjiang. Photo: Reuters

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Beijing warns jihadists may target key southern regions

by Asia Times staff February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

A view from Malana village in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh. The village is said to produce the world's best hashish. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal, South Asia, World

India’s cannabis hot-spot experiments with alternative livelihoods

by Renuka Gautam and Sat Singh January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

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