Afghanistan – Page 25 – Asia Times

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

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Chabahar Port lures Afghan traffic away from Karachi

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

President Donald Trump has blamed Pakistan for failures in the continuing conflict in Afghanistan. Image: iStock/Juanmonino

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

India misleading US on why it is failing in Afghanistan

by Atta Rasool Malik January 31, 2018January 31, 2018

Members of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, an Islamist political party, gather during a sit-in in Rawalpindi on November 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Jihad decree triggers demands for holy war on Kashmir

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Suspected militants and their recovered weapons are presented to the media by Pakistani paramilitary forces at a security compound in the Jamrud area of the Khyber Agency tribal area on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP / Abdul Majeed

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The Pakistan conundrum

by Richard N. Haass January 21, 2018

Afghan commandos. Photo: Reuters/Nasir Wakif

Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Taliban’s ‘Red Unit’ poses new threat to Afghan security

by Ruchi Kumar January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan's PTI political party attend a celebration rally in Islamabad on July 30, 2017, after the Pakistani Supreme Court disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan’s main opposition party allies with ‘Taliban seminary’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A shopkeeper waits for customers in Kabul on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump’s Twitter threat to Pakistan wins Afghans’ favor

by Ruchi Kumar January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

US Army soldiers take a defensive position in the desert, ready for any trouble that comes their way. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Mapping a world from hell: 76 countries now involved in US ‘war on terror’

by Tom Engelhardt January 9, 2018January 9, 2018

US Defense Secretary James Mattis has said he is 'not concerned' about a cutoff of resupply routes by Pakistan. File Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

US weighs Pakistani blowback as it piles on pressure

by Reuters January 6, 2018February 18, 2020

左起：阿富汗外长拉巴尼、中国外交部长王毅和巴基斯坦外长阿齐兹于2017年12月26日首次在北京举行中阿双边外交部对话后出席了联合新闻发布会。相片：路透社/ Jason Lee

Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, South Asia

中国介入调停巴基斯坦与阿富汗关系

by Sabena Siddiqui January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, (L) China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

China mediates between Pakistan and Afghanistan

by Sabena Siddiqui January 4, 2018

Iraq, one of the 24 countries where Filipinos are officially banned from working. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Syria

Filipinos prohibited from working in 24 countries

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

(L to R) Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jason Lee

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

China says CPEC extention to Afghanistan not directed at India

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, (L) China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Beijing complicates Washington’s Afghan strategy

by MK Bhadrakumar December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan. December 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, China, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

ISIS numbers growing fast near China’s New Silk Road, says Russia

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A file photo of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev from September 2016. Photo: Georgy Kakulia/Press Service of Georgian Govt/ via Reuters

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The Afghan war: Trump and Putin battle for Uzbek support

by MK Bhadrakumar December 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev (left) and President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Pakistan-Russia relations on upward trajectory

by Ume Farwa December 19, 2017

A man holds an improvised explosive device in Myanmar. These devices are found in multiple areas in many states in the north, east and west where there has been fighting. Photo: via ICBL/ Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Myanmar still a serial landmine user, monitor says

by Jim Pollard December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Erik Prince, chairman of Frontier Services Group. Photo: AFP / Tim Sloan

Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, South Asia

Erik Prince’s plan for Afghanistan’s rare metals revealed

by Asia Times staff December 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

The New Great Game moves from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific

by Pepe Escobar December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers remarks at a news conference during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, on September 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Stephanie Keith

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Comparing Gwadar and Chabahar Ports: rivals or ‘sisters’?

by Sabena Siddiqui December 7, 2017

US Air Force plane from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

On the rehabilitation of George W Bush

by Rebecca Gordon November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

Saudi men chat in front of a poster of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the "MiSK Global Forum" held under the slogan "Meeting the Challenge of Change" in Riyadh, on November 15, 2017. Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Mohammad bin Salman and the new balance of power

by Spengler November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Turkey is strategically positioned to profit from the rail projects. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

How Turkey, Iran, Russia and India are playing the New Silk Roads

by Pepe Escobar November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Chabahar: Iran’s new ‘Indo-Pacific’ ace card

by Peter J. Brown November 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Through night vision goggles, Afghan conflict becoming a proxy war

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Never-ending war: Washington’s drug of choice

by Alfred McCoy November 13, 2017November 13, 2017

The US and Pakistani flags. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Trump’s South Asia strategy sparks outrage

by Roohul Amin November 13, 2017November 14, 2017

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on November 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Damir Sagolj

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Xi, Trump agree to enhance co-operation on trade, security

by Asia Times staff November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

A close-up photograph of Afghanistan from a desktop globe. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

UN secretary general speaks out on Afghanistan

by Javier Delgado Rivera November 1, 2017