”Asian Affairs” News

US stepping up unilateral attacks in Pakistan: report

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has stepped up unilateral strikes against Al-Qaeda and foreign fighters in Pakistan 's tribal areas, partly because of fears the country's new leaders will insist they be scaled back, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
04 7 2008 7:13PM (...more)

US, Britain urge Myanmar to include Aung San Suu Kyi in polls

BANGKOK (AFP) - Senior diplomats from Britain and the United States on Friday urged Myanmar 's military junta to include Aung San Suu Kyi and her pro-democracy party in a promised referendum and elections.
02 29 2008 10:58PM (...more)

Thaksin is not 'the real PM,' Thai premier tells US envoy

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told a senior US envoy Friday that Thaksin Shinawatra will not run his government from behind the scenes, now that the deposed premier has returned from exile.
02 29 2008 8:31PM (...more)

US backs Ashdown as Afghan 'super envoy'

KABUL (AFP) - The United States backs the appointment of British politician Paddy Ashdown as UN envoy to Afghanistan and a leader of international efforts here, a senior US diplomat said Wednesday.
01 24 2008 3:16AM (...more)

US helping Pakistan tackle extremism 'in its own way': envoy

ASADABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - The United States is working to help Pakistan deal with extremism "in its own way," a top US diplomat for the region said here Monday.
01 22 2008 11:12AM (...more)

US hopeful from first talks with Myanmar

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A senior US official said Wednesday he was hopeful after he held the highest-level talks with Myanmar in nearly a decade but warned the military regime must do more to prove its openness. Kurt Campbell ,
10 2 2009 12:58AM (...more)

Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon

Washington – In case there was any doubt before, the accusations of fraud piling up around Afghanistan 's presidential election mean that 09 19 2009 12:40AM (...more)

Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard Named Chairman of The Korea Society

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Louis Wittig of The Korea Society, +1-212-759-7525 ext 315, louis.ny@koreasociety.org NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Korea Society , the leading American
07 18 2009 12:35AM (...more)

US envoy to Sri Lanka named to top South Asian post

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A veteran diplomat most recently tasked with the delicate job of Sri Lanka envoy was tapped Friday by President Barack Obama to serve
05 22 2009 12:37PM (...more)

U.S. says funds for F-16s to Pakistan is tough sell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration expects an uphill battle with Congress for permission to use counterterrorism funds to upgrade Pakistan 's F-16 fighters, the State Department's top diplomat for South Asia said on Monday.
09 16 2008 1:19PM (...more)