Asia Pacific
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Mar- 2021 -18 March
Helicopter Crash Kills Nine in Central Afghanistan
At least nine people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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17 March
Biden Warns US May Miss Deadline to Exit Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden has said that it would be "tough" to meet the deadline to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by May 1, as agreed with the Taliban in a deal secured under Donald Trump.
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12 March
Russia Backs Plans for Afghanistan Interim Rule With Taliban
Russia said Friday it was in favor of Afghanistan forming an interim government including members of the Taliban, ahead of talks next week in Moscow aiming to resolve the conflict.
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11 March
Russia Says Foiled ‘Terror’ Attack in North Caucasus
Russia said Thursday it had killed a suspected militant planning a terror attack in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
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11 March
US Warship Transits Taiwan Strait After Admiral’s China Invasion Warning
A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the American navy said Thursday, a day after a top US commander warned of the threat to Taiwan of a Chinese invasion within the next six years.
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10 March
China Accuses US Admiral of ‘Hyping up’ Threat of Taiwan Invasion
China on Wednesday accused a top US commander of attempting to "hype up" the threat of an invasion of Taiwan to inflate Washington's defense spending and justify its own military chicanery in Asia.
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5 March
China Military Budget to Grow 6.8% in 2021
China's military budget -- the second largest in the world after the US -- is set to increase by 6.8 percent in 2021, the finance ministry announced Friday.
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4 March
Seven Ethnic Hazaras Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
At least seven members of Afghanistan's persecuted Hazara ethnic group were brutally murdered in the country's restive east, officials said Thursday.
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2 March
Three Female Media Workers Shot to Death in Eastern Afghanistan
Three female media workers were shot and killed in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, their TV network said.
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1 March
US Envoy in Kabul as Questions Over Troop Withdrawal Swirl
The US special envoy to Afghanistan touched down in Kabul for meetings with Afghan leaders, in a bid to revive a flagging peace process as violence soars in the war-weary country and a deadline for US troop withdrawal draws closer.
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