East Turkestan Islamic Movement

China today said the safety of the diplomatic personnel and missions is an obligation of the sovereign countries but declined to comment on its reported complaint to Pakistan that its ambassador to Islamabad faced threats from a Xinjiang-based terror group.

China has asked Pakistan to step up security of its newly-appointed ambassador in Islamabad in the wake of threats to his life from a terrorist organisation, according to media reports.

The suicide bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan on August 30 highlighted the expanding threat of an ethnic Uighur militant group called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement - and the growing Chinese involvement in Syria and Afghanistan to combat it.

A suicide bomb attack on the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital last week was ordered by Uighur militants active in Syria and carried out by a member of the East Turkestan Islamic movement, Kyrgyzstan's state security service said on Tuesday.

Chinese police have killed 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, authorities announced today, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks.

India and China today agreed to form a ministerial-level mechanism headed by their home ministers for the first time to step up cooperation and coordination on a host of security-related issues, including cross-border terrorism, smuggling and drug trafficking.

Pakistan has eliminated all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its territory, but must remain vigilant to ensure they don't return, the country's defence minister said in Beijing today.

Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like Islamic State as "cannon fodder", a senior Chinese official said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders will discuss the threat the Islamic State group poses in Afghanistan at a Eurasian security summit in Russia this week, a Chinese official said today.

China today executed 13 people, stated to be Islamist "terrorists" from the restive Xinjiang province, while two other suspected militants were killed while attempting to carry out knife attacks.

The Pakistan army today launched an all-out offensive using jets and tanks in the restive North Waziristan, killing 177 Taliban fighters including foreigners, while six soldiers were killed in an IED blast, the first military casualties in the operation.

Describing the Uyghur group ETIM as a common enemy of both countries, Pakistan's army chief on Wednesday, assured China that his country will spare no efforts to crush the militants.

Chinese police blamed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) for a train station attack in the western city of Urumqi last month that killed three people, Xinhua said on Sunday, the first time the separatists have been directly linked to the assault.

A senior Chinese official called for stricter management of religious activities, state media said on Monday, following explosions in China's western region of Xinjiang which authorities say were masterminded by a religious extremist.

Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said on Thursday that Pakistan has done its utmost to eliminate the threat to China posed by militants operating in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. General Kayani made the comments in Jhelum, Punjab province, where the Pakistan and Chinese armies have been taking part in joint military ...

China today said the safety of the diplomatic personnel and missions is an obligation of the sovereign countries but declined to comment on its reported complaint to Pakistan that its ambassador to Islamabad faced threats from a Xinjiang-based terror group.

China has asked Pakistan to step up security of its newly-appointed ambassador in Islamabad in the wake of threats to his life from a terrorist organisation, according to media reports.

The suicide bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan on August 30 highlighted the expanding threat of an ethnic Uighur militant group called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement - and the growing Chinese involvement in Syria and Afghanistan to combat it.

A suicide bomb attack on the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital last week was ordered by Uighur militants active in Syria and carried out by a member of the East Turkestan Islamic movement, Kyrgyzstan's state security service said on Tuesday.

Chinese police have killed 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, authorities announced today, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks.

India and China today agreed to form a ministerial-level mechanism headed by their home ministers for the first time to step up cooperation and coordination on a host of security-related issues, including cross-border terrorism, smuggling and drug trafficking.

Pakistan has eliminated all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its territory, but must remain vigilant to ensure they don't return, the country's defence minister said in Beijing today.

Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like Islamic State as "cannon fodder", a senior Chinese official said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders will discuss the threat the Islamic State group poses in Afghanistan at a Eurasian security summit in Russia this week, a Chinese official said today.

China today executed 13 people, stated to be Islamist "terrorists" from the restive Xinjiang province, while two other suspected militants were killed while attempting to carry out knife attacks.

The Pakistan army today launched an all-out offensive using jets and tanks in the restive North Waziristan, killing 177 Taliban fighters including foreigners, while six soldiers were killed in an IED blast, the first military casualties in the operation.

Describing the Uyghur group ETIM as a common enemy of both countries, Pakistan's army chief on Wednesday, assured China that his country will spare no efforts to crush the militants.

Chinese police blamed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) for a train station attack in the western city of Urumqi last month that killed three people, Xinhua said on Sunday, the first time the separatists have been directly linked to the assault.

A senior Chinese official called for stricter management of religious activities, state media said on Monday, following explosions in China's western region of Xinjiang which authorities say were masterminded by a religious extremist.

Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said on Thursday that Pakistan has done its utmost to eliminate the threat to China posed by militants operating in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. General Kayani made the comments in Jhelum, Punjab province, where the Pakistan and Chinese armies have been taking part in joint military ...