Us Crackdown On Afghanistan

President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, US officials tell Reuters.

US lawmakers are pressing Washington to get tough on institutionalized sexual slavery of boys by Afghan forces, with some invoking a human rights law that prohibits American aid to foreign military units committing such violations.

From China's crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia's human rights record in 2013 remained poor, US officials said Thursday.

Acting against Pakistan-based Haqqani network of Taliban, the US has slapped financial sanctions on Nasiruddin Haqqani, a brother of the dreaded warlord Sirajudin Haqqani, and two other top militant commanders for their support to terror groups in Afghanistan.Besides Nasiruddin, the sanctions announced by the US Department of Treasury also targeted...

President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, US officials tell Reuters.

US lawmakers are pressing Washington to get tough on institutionalized sexual slavery of boys by Afghan forces, with some invoking a human rights law that prohibits American aid to foreign military units committing such violations.

From China's crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia's human rights record in 2013 remained poor, US officials said Thursday.

Acting against Pakistan-based Haqqani network of Taliban, the US has slapped financial sanctions on Nasiruddin Haqqani, a brother of the dreaded warlord Sirajudin Haqqani, and two other top militant commanders for their support to terror groups in Afghanistan.Besides Nasiruddin, the sanctions announced by the US Department of Treasury also targeted...