Afghanistan – Page 28 – Asia Times

An Afghan security officer keeps watch at the site of a road being constructed by a Chinese company in Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Taiwan, World

Beijing, US should consider joint counter-terror operations

by Michael Brady March 3, 2017March 4, 2017

Iraqi rapid response forces advancing towards the south of Mosul. Donald Trump won the Republican primaries and the general election in part by attacking the Iraq War, which he likened to “throwing rocks into a hornets’ nest.” Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Trump, McMaster and the Petraeus legacy

by Spengler February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

The MQ1 Predator drone returns from a mission. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria

ISIS recruit from India killed in Afghan drone strike

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

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

Trump must look at regional security in South Asia

by Kadayam Subramanian February 20, 2017

Indian Border Security Force personnel stand guard next to a construction site at the India-Pakistan Wagah border near Amritsar.
Photo: Narinder Nanu, Agence France Presse

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

Deconstructing Pakistan’s strategic culture

by Hammal Kashani February 17, 2017

Progress is slow in Afghanistan, but it does exist, thanks to internal and external efforts. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan rapped for ‘forced’ repatriation of Afghans

by Agence France-Presse February 13, 2017February 18, 2020

The war on drugs in Asia continues. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Laos, Macau, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Getting organized on Asia’s drug trade

by Roderic Broadhurst February 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Progress is slow in Afghanistan, but it does exist, thanks to internal and external efforts. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, World

Homeward bound: Afghan refugees in a bind

by Sudha Ramachandran January 27, 2017January 26, 2017

Photo: Reuters/Dmitri Lovetsky

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

As Trump moves in, memory mixes with desire in Russia

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 23, 2017January 22, 2017

Chinese flag waves in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

One China, three foreign policy faces

by Emanuele Scimia January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

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

Afghanistan braces for a longer US stay

by Salman Rafi January 12, 2017January 11, 2017

Marine Sergeant William Olas Bee has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire in Helmand province in 2008 Photo: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

Afghanistan, South Asia

Marines gear up for return to Helmand province

by Reuters January 8, 2017February 18, 2020

I'll be doggone... quality over quantity counts. Even in the canine corps. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Laos, Middle East, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, World

America’s military tentacles are in three-quarters of world

by Nick Turse January 8, 2017February 18, 2020

A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at an oil field owned by Russian state-owned oil producer Bashneft near the village of Nikolo-Berezovka, northwest of Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

What are Pakistan’s economic interests in Afghanistan?

by Umair Jamal December 22, 2016December 21, 2016

This photograph taken on April 27, 2016, shows Najeebullah, 18, who survived a Taliban insider attack carried out by a bacha or child sex slave, smoking a shisha in Tarin Kot.The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of "bacha bazi" -- paedophilic boy play -- to infiltrate security ranks, multiple officials and survivors of such assaults told AFP. Photo: AFP/RATEB NOORI

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Marine major who warned of danger before Afghan attack wins case

by Ben Richardson December 19, 2016

Bashir, a relative of a "bacha bazi" victim, a teenage boy, looks on during an interview with AFP in Lashkar Gah of Helmand province.Shirin holds a photo of his teenage brother-in-law, who now lives as the plaything of policemen, just one victim of a hidden epidemic of kidnappings of young boys for institutionalised sexual slavery in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO / Wakil KOHSAR

Afghanistan, France, South Asia, World

Hopeless Afghan struggle to save boy sex slaves

by Anuj Chopra December 19, 2016February 18, 2020

General Abdul Rashid Dostum, shown here at his palace in Shiberghan in northern Afghanistan on August 19, 2009, is a thorn in the side of President Ashraf Ghani. Photo: Reuters/Caren Firouz

Afghanistan, Australia, European Union, Oceania, South Asia, World

Afghan VP Dostum probed over alleged sex assault

by Agence France-Presse December 18, 2016December 19, 2016

Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan security forces arrive during a presentation to the media in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Parwiz

Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, World

Trying times for the ICC in Afghanistan

by Sudha Ramachandran December 13, 2016December 13, 2016

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, waves to the crew of the first Chinese container ship to depart after the inauguration of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor port in Gwadar, on November 13. Photo: REUTERS/Caren Firouz

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

China-Pakistan corridor the start of a new regional ‘great game’

by Salman Rafi Sheikh December 13, 2016February 18, 2020

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

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

The hole in the Heart of Asia

by Peter Lee December 9, 2016December 8, 2016

An Indian army soldier stands guard while patrolling near the Line of Control, a ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Poonch district. Photo: REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta

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

Indo-Pak dialogue process fails to launch at Amritsar

by Kadayam Subramanian December 7, 2016December 7, 2016

Screenshot from a video of IS training in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, in 2015

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Can Afghanistan choose between India and Pakistan?

by Umair Jamal December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Afghanistan’s fate hangs in Trump’s silence

by Salman Rafi December 5, 2016December 5, 2016

Alif Urfani, general director of the Afghan Criminal Justice Center Against Corruption at his office in Kabul, November 29, 2016. Photo: AFP/Wakil Kohsar

Afghanistan, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Afghanistan takes on rich and powerful in war on graft

by Agence France-Presse November 29, 2016February 18, 2020

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Marine General Kelly tipped as Trump Homeland Security chief

by Ben Richardson November 29, 2016

Relatives of police cadets wait for word outside the Police Training Center after an attack on the center in Quetta, Pakistan October 25, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

The carnage in Quetta is another National Action Plan failure

by Salman Rafi October 27, 2016

Afghan men gather raw opium on a poppy field on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Photo: Reuters/Parwiz

Afghanistan, South Asia, World

Opium crops spread in Afghanistan as Taliban gains ground

by Reuters October 23, 2016February 18, 2020

The Kerala-Nangarhar connection points to a larger number of IS members from India than the projected figure of 67. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, India, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, Syria

Hunt for ISIS recruiter luring Indian youth to Afghanistan

by Asia Times staff October 21, 2016February 18, 2020

An Afghan mourns at the gate of the Sakhi Shrine after an overnight attack in Kabul, Afghanistan October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

A strong Taliban offensive means a weak Afghan state

by Salman Rafi October 19, 2016October 19, 2016

Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Challenges for Afghan president after deal with Hekmatyar

by Salman Rafi Sheikh September 29, 2016February 18, 2020

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