Asia Pacific • Page 324 of 361 • The Defense Post

Mar- 2019 -

6 March

Double suicide bombing targets construction company in eastern Afghanistan

Multiple blasts rattled eastern Afghanistan’s Jalalabad with more than a dozen casualties reported as militants appeared to target a private company near the city’s airport

5 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Pakistan detains JeM suspects after Kashmir attack

Pakistan has detained dozens of alleged JeM militants after a suicide attack in Indian-held Kashmir last month which sent tensions soaring

5 March

Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Su-35 fighter jet

Staff Writer With AFP

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Philippines doesn’t want to be dragged into war in South China Sea, Lorenzana says

The decades-old US-Philippines defense treaty needs to be revamped, or risks dragging Manila into a war with China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said

4 March

New Zealand citizen Mark Taylor joined ISIS

Staff Writer With AFP

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New Zealand ISIS member likely stuck in Syria, prime minister says

A New Zealander dubbed "the bumbling jihadi" can expect little help from his homeland after being captured in Syria by forces fighting ISIS

1 March

India Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Staff Writer With AFP

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Indian Air Force pilot returns from Pakistan as violence rages in Kashmir

An Indian Air Force pilot detained in Pakistan after being shot down in an aerial engagement with Pakistan Air Force aircraft returned to India

1 March

Afghan Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Staff Writer With AFP

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Afghanistan forces repel Taliban attack on military base in Helmand

A Taliban attack on a US-Afghan base was repelled in southeast Afghanistan's Helmand province as fighting continues in the war-torn country

Feb- 2019 -

28 February

Afghan Special Security Forces and U.S. Special Operations Forces await exfiltration after night raids on compounds used by Taliban irreconcilables to plan and facilitate attacks in western Balkh province

Shadi Khan Saif

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Afghanistan fears spillover of India-Pakistan tensions

Fearing a spillover from tensions between India and Pakistan, war-ravaged Afghanistan has advised its nuclear-armed neighbors to exercise restraint

28 February

Staff Writer With AFP

Pakistan will release Indian pilot in ‘peace gesture,’ Khan says

Pakistan will release an Indian pilot captured after he was shot down in a rare engagement between the neighbors in Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said

28 February