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Afghan army trip to Pakistan cancelled over cross-border shelling

KABUL: A trip of Afghan military to Pakistan has been called off in response to "unacceptable Pakistani shelling" in the country’s eastern province of...

Afghan govt says ready to work for peace with Taliban without Pakistan help

KABUL: The Afghan government said on Wednesday that it is ready to work for peace with Taliban without Pakistan’s help, adding that it is...

Gazprom will take over Kyrgyzgaz by April 2013

Bishkek: The Kyrgyz President Atambayev confirmed handing over Kyrgyz gas company Kyrgyzgas to Gazprom Russia on March 26 under the agreement both countries reached...

Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan calls for peace and end of conflict, claims Hürriyet newspaper

Ankara: The head of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, Abdullah Ocalan, who is currently being held in a Turkish prison, urged his colleagues to give...

South Korean investments in Uzbekistan have reached the figure of $5 billion

Seoul: South Korean investments in Uzbekistan have reached the figure of $5 billion after Hyundai Engineering signed a deal worth $819 million as part of...

More to come–Ahmadinejad launches Jamaran-2 destroyer project to shun criticism off from hawks

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is facing criticism within his system from hawks like Supreme Leader of Iran Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei,...

US insisting Pakistan for TAPI gas pipeline project instead of allowing Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s decision to go ahead with Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline despite of naked threats of United States to clamp sanction is still “unexpected and...

Air Astana and Turkish Airlines are going for codesharing

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Air Astana and Turkish Airlines have signed a contract that will lead to codeshare agreement on routes operated by both carriers...

Next round of talks between Iran, P5+1 in April: Iran

ALMATY: Two-day talks between Iran and world power concluded on Wednesday with an agreement that the two sides would meet at expert level to...

Meteors fall also hit Western Kazakhstan

Almaty: Ministry of Emergency of Kazakhstan confirms that some “unidentified burning object” are falling in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. "On Friday, February 15, 2013, there...

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