Tag: Central Asia
US begins shifting Afghan combat operations outside country
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has already begun conducting combat operations and surveillance in Afghanistan from outside the country's borders, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...
Hostage advocates concerned by US pullout from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring...
South Korea wins 5-0, celebrates former national team great
SEOUL — Kim Shin-wook scored the first goal for South Korea on Wednesday in a World Cup qualifying match, and then the whole team...
US pullout from Afghanistan half done, but questions remain
WASHINGTON — The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is more than half done, and U.S. officials say that while it could be completed by July...
Maldives foreign minister elected as UN assembly president
UNITED NATIONS — Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives defeated Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul in an election Monday for the next...
German military to ship surplus beer back from Afghanistan
BERLIN — The German military says it has found a solution for an unusual logistics problem its troops in Afghanistan face: a glut of...
Kyrgyzstan plays with defender in goal in qualifying match
SEOUL — Kyrgyzstan was forced to play a World Cup qualifying match with a defender in goal on Monday because all three of the...
Greece says many migrants in Turkey could seek asylum there
ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers...
Maldives foreign minister elected as UN assembly president
UNITED NATIONS — Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives defeated Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul in an election Monday for the next...
UN: Unprecedented Taliban violence in 2020 carries into 2021
UNITED NATIONS — Taliban insurgents show no sign of reducing the level of violence in Afghanistan to facilitate peace negotiations with the government, and...
