Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Taiwan reportedly received the first shipment of Stinger missiles from the United States under its emergency military aid program late Thursday night, but Taiwan’s government would not confirm the news on Friday. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) has taken delivery of FIM-92 shoulder-fired Stinger missiles which arrived late Thursday night on a Boeing cargo airplane, […]

Pakistan’s military and current political establishment are intent on denying Imran Khan’s Tehreek-i-Insaf Party (PTI) a return to power, despite the party’s ability to mobilize mass demonstrations. The military’s use of extraordinary security-related laws to try to cripple the PTI contradicts the insistence of recent and current military leaders that they would stay out of Pakistani politics. There are no […]

Afghanistan Embassy in Ashgabat on Friday announced that Mohammad Haroon Saeedi has been appointed as the commercial attache of the embassy. Saeedi was introduced in an event on Thursday that was also attended by traders and investors. Afghan Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi, addressing the event via a digital link, said that the new appointment is a major […]

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said in a meeting with Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian ambassador in Kabul, that the issues between the two countries can be resolved through talks. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qomi noted in the meeting that Iran defended the […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) interior ministry has confirmed Saturday’s border skirmish with Iran in Nimroz province and said two people were killed – one on either side of the border. Abdul Nafee Takour, the ministry’s spokesman said Iranian forces fired on Afghanistan. Afghan border forces then responded and fired back. He said the situation is now under control […]