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Top Pakistani Taliban commander wounded in Afghan-NATO raid

​Top Pakistani Taliban commander, Omar Khalid Khorasani, has been wounded in a joint operation by the Afghan and NATO forces on the Afghan side of the border, a spokesman for Khorasani said on Sunday.

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Pakistani, Afghan commanders begin border security talks

​Top Pakistani and Afghan commanders have opened talks on security issues, focusing on border management amid growing anti-terror cooperation, the military said Monday.

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Pakistan, Afghan senior military commanders discuss border security

​A senior Pakistani military commander has visited Afghanistan to discuss border security amid growing military-to-military cooperation, the army said on Monday.

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Israel steps up security readiness for possible retaliation over Syria airstrike

​Israel stepped up security precautions along its northern borders for possible retaliation by Hezbollah over a Sunday airstrike that killed a number of its fighters, local media reported.

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S.Korean court rules restriction on anti-DPRK leaflet spread "legal"

A South Korean court ruled Tuesday that it is "legal" for the government to restrict the spread across the border of leaflets against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if such dispersion endangers people's safety.

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Pakistan, India exchange lists of nuclear facilities, prisoners

​Pakistan and India on Thursday exchanged the lists of their nuclear installations and facilities to protect the sites if war breaks out between the two neighbors.

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Russia says perplexed by Ukraine's call for border closure, troops withdrawal

Moscow said Thursday that it was perplexed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's plea to close the border with Russia, and that there were no troops to withdraw from the country.

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Israeli troops engage smugglers on Egypt border

The Israeli military said its troops exchanged fire with gunmen along the border with the Egyptian Sinai on Wednesday afternoon in an apparent drug smuggling operation in the region.

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Vietnamese, Chinese localities to hold border trade, tourism fair in Dec.

​Vietnamese and Chinese localities are scheduled to co-hold a border trade, tourism fair from Dec. 22 to 26, according to a conference in Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh province on Monday.

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France to deliver military equipment to Lebanon after aid contract ends

France is prepared to provide weapons and military equipment to Lebanon to help its military forces combat jihadists under a 3-billion-U.S.-dollar project financed by Saudi Arabia.

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Parade, flag lowering resumed at Pakistan's attack-hit border post

​Situations have returned to normalcy after almost 24 hours of deadly suicide blast at Wagah border post in eastern Pakistan's major city of Lahore, as hundreds of people made their way to witness paramilitary troops' parade and flag lowering ceremony on Monday, military said.

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Indonesia, Singapore reach deal on border

​Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Singapore counterpart K. Shanmugam on Wednesday signed an agreement on the border between the two countries in Singapore.

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Indian-controlled Kashmir chief minister says talks only way forward

​Indian- controlled Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said talks were only way forward to resolve Kashmir issue.

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Civilian wounded as India, Pakistan border guards trade fire on Kashmir border

​The border guards of India and Pakistan Friday fired on each other's positions on international border (IB) in Kashmir, officials said.

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Cambodia, Laos achieve 86 percent of border demarcation

​Cambodia and Laos have so far achieved 86 percent of joint border demarcation and the two neighbors vowed to fully complete it as soon as possible, a spokesman said Tuesday.

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Deployment of Wa troops along Thai-Myanmar border protested

Thailand lodged a protest on Wednesday against the reported deployment of heavily-armed Wa troops along the Thai-Myanmar border.

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PBOC verifies Bank of China money-laundering accusation

China's central bank is currently verifying media report accusing a state-owned commercial bank of breaching the country's money-laundering rules, a spokesman said Thursday.