Taliban size up the threat from a tenacious IS-KIslamic State in Khorasan is a broader Islamic State group. It was officially founded in 2014, when Sunni extremists fighting insurgencies ...
10 Oct, 2021, 06.19 PM IST
China criticised the Afghan war. Now it worries about the withdrawal.While China has not called on President Joe Biden to reverse the military withdrawal he ordered, statements by senior officials made it cle...
16 Jul, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
United States cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide reportThe report said the US continues to believe that China's actions against the Uyghurs constitutes a “genocide.” That finding was first annou...
13 Jul, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
Security situation in China can worsen due to growing links between domestic and foreign terror groups: new reportChina has seen a decline in violent terrorist acts due to tougher security measures but the country still faces grim terror threats because...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.57 PM IST
- China to deploy drones in Xinjiang to prevent infiltration
Xinjiang, which has been China's main battleground in the fight against terrorism, neighbours eight countries, including Russia, Afghanista...
08 Sep, 2017, 11.35 AM IST
China asks Xinjiang residents to surrender passport to "maintain social order"All citizens in Aksu prefecture are required to hand their passports - private or official - to local police stations, the daily reported q...
24 Nov, 2016, 03.53 PM IST
Pakistan Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif promises firm crackdown on Uyghur militantsSharif was in Urumqi to attend the Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism in Counter Terrorism by Afghanistan-China-Pakistan-...
04 Aug, 2016, 04.29 PM IST
PLA, Pakistan troops launch 1st joint border patrols near XinjiangThis is the first time China-Pakistan began joint patrols in recent years though Chinese troops have been conducting patrols in the area si...
21 Jul, 2016, 05.54 PM IST
China adopts first counter-terrorism lawDetails of the bill, which was approved by the standing committee of the rubber-stamp legislature the National People's Congress, were not ...
27 Dec, 2015, 07.59 PM IST
China appoints its first anti-terror Czar to coordinate security forcesLiu Yuejin, a key figure in China's crackdown on illegal narcotics has been appointed as the first commissioner of counter-terrorism.
21 Dec, 2015, 05.29 PM IST
Four arrested in China for plotting terror attackFour persons have been arrested in China for allegedly plotting terror attack in Shanxi province and inciting Muslims to travel to Syria.
08 Dec, 2015, 09.12 PM IST
China seeks global support against Uyghur militantsChina itself today sought global support against Uyghur militants in Xinjiang saying there should be no "double standards" in the fight aga...
16 Nov, 2015, 09.13 PM IST
Over 550 Chinese extremists held for travelling to war zonesChinese officials said many of them planned to go to Turkey, home for native Uyghurs, and then move over to Syria to join Islamic State.
17 Jul, 2015, 03.10 PM IST
China unlikely to join Barack Obama's anti-ISIS coalition: ReportObama had said the US was building a broad coalition against the ISIS, involving Sunni-led governments in the region and Western allies.
12 Sep, 2014, 01.19 PM IST
Chinese Uygurs receive training in Pakistan to fight in SyriaA number of Uygur Muslims from China's volatile Xinjiang province are being trained in Pakistan-based militant camps and then sent to Syria.
02 Jul, 2013, 12.36 PM IST