The U.S. is negotiating with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to trade nearly 50 military aircraft flown across the border as the Afghan government collapsed last summer for help hunting terrorists in Afghanistan, according to two people with knowledge of the talks, Politico reported.

The new rulers, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), have insisted...

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The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday that China has lodged &stern representations& with the United States, after U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.

China reserves the right to take all necessary measures in response to activities that split the nation apart, said Mao...

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Several containers are currently on the move to test the newly established China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan corridor.

Rail Freight reported the first 2 containers left the Chinese city of Kashgar on 13 September.

The trial period is to last 3 months.

This was confirmed by the Kyrgyz national rail operator Kyrgyz Temir Zholu.

The new corridor...

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Economists have vehemently opposed Washington&s decision to establish the Afghan Fund and transfer $3.5 billion of Afghanistan&s frozen assets into a Swiss account.

The economists said Monday the people appointed to manage the fund do not have the expertise to do so and collectively called for Afghanistan foreign reserves to be returned...

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Qudratullah Abu Hamza, Balkh&s governor, warned home owners Monday that houses rented to kidnappers and Daesh militants will be confiscated.

Hamza called on residents of the northern province to support the IEA security forces and to not allow such elements to settle in residential areas.

He said should home owners ignore this warning, the IEA...

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U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that &the pandemic is over,& even though the country continues to grapple with coronavirus infections that kill hundreds of Americans daily, Reuters reported.

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The southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu will resume production and life &in an orderly...

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