The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners, an Afghan government negotiator said Thursday, as the militant group continues a sweeping offensive across the country. “It is a big demand,” said Nader Nadery, a key member of the government team involved in peace talks with the Taliban, […]
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Taliban claims to control key border crossing with Pakistan
The Taliban said Wednesday they had captured the strategic border crossing of Spin Boldak along the frontier with Pakistan, continuing sweeping gains made since foreign forces stepped up their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The interior ministry insisted the attack had been repelled and government forces had control, but a Pakistan security source said the Taliban’s white […]
Pakistan seals Taftan border over fear of spread of covid
Pakistan has closed its border with Iran due to the fear of spread of COVID, after reports of Zahedan city being in the grip of a virus wave. Sources said that Pakistan has closed its Taftan border with the neighbouring country. ““No one is allowed to cross the border from either side,” they said. In […]
Colombia leader says chopper hit by gunfire near Venezuela border
Colombian President Ivan Duque said Friday the helicopter he was flying in near the border with Venezuela was hit by gunfire. It was the first attack against a Colombian president in nearly 20 years. No one was injured. Colombian authorities did not say if the shots were fired from the Colombian or Venezuelan side of […]
Satellite images show China emptying military camps at border flashpoint with India
NEW DEHLI: China has dismantled dozens of structures and moved vehicles to empty out entire camps along a disputed Himalayan border, where Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a face-off since last summer, satellite images released on Wednesday show. The nuclear-armed neighbours last week announced a plan to pull back troops, tanks and […]
Seoul returns 3 North Koreans who crossed sea border in boat
SEOUL: South Korea says it’s returning three North Koreans who crossed the Koreas’ sea border aboard a wooden fishing boat over the weekend. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Monday it decided to let the North Koreans return home in line with their wishes. It says the North Koreans were to sail across sea border aboard the […]
Palestinian militant killed by Israeli fire near Gaza border: Hamas
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian militant was killed by Israeli fire near the border fence in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the enclave’s Islamist rulers Hamas said. Mahmoud Al-Adham, 28, was shot by Israeli forces in northern Gaza, a statement from Hamas’s armed wing said, claiming him as a member. It said in a […]
3 killed in explosion near border with Syria: Turkey
ANKARA: A bomb went off in a car near Turkey’s border with Syria on Friday, killing three Syrians who were inside the vehicle, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters. The blast occurred inside a car some 750 meters (yards) from a local government office in the border town of Reyhanli, in Hatay province, Anadolu […]
US border facility gives tour after accusations of neglect
US immigration officials took reporters on a tour of a Texas migrant holding facility on Thursday that was still overcrowded a week after lawyers raised concerns about conditions. The McAllen facility – known as Ursula for the street it is on – is one of two Texas migrant holding centers accused by immigration lawyers of […]
Mexico cracks down at US border with 15,000 troops
Mexico has deployed nearly 15,000 soldiers and National Guardsmen to its border with the United States, the army chief said Monday — admitting they are detaining migrants who try to cross, after the policy triggered backlash. Under pressure from US President Donald Trump to slow the surge of Central Americans crossing the border, Mexico promised […]