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South Korea's nuclear envoy visits US amid flaring tension with North
SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will visit officials in Washington on Thursday (June 18) amid flaring tensions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) after Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean liaison office and threatened military action.
North Korea rejects South's offer of envoys, vows to redeploy border troops
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it had rejected a South Korean offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tension over defiance by North Korean defectors and stalled reconciliation efforts, and it vowed to redeploy troops to border areas.
Brutal Afghan attacks highlight limitations of U.S.-Taliban deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two brutal attacks this week laid bare major weaknesses of the U.S.-Taliban troop withdrawal pact: nothing in it obliges the Taliban to prevent such massacres and the Afghan government's ability to thwart them will only wane as U.S. troops pull out.
Pompeo urges Taliban, Afghan govt to bring hospital, funeral attacker to justice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called on the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban to cooperate to bring to justice the perpetrators of attacks on a hospital and a funeral that killed dozens of people, including two newborn babies.
Myanmar military declares ceasefire for Covid-19 fight
YANGON: Myanmar military has declared a nearly four-month ceasefire period to help fight against the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The ceasefire will be applied to the areas except for those where armed organisations named as terrorists by the government are based.
Taliban increase attacks on Afghan forces since signing U.S. deal - data
KABUL/MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Taliban have mounted more than 4,500 attacks in Afghanistan, marking a sharp escalation in violence, in the 45 days since signing a deal with the United States that paves the way for a U.S. troop drawdown, according to data seen by Reuters.
Taliban recalls negotiators from Afghanistan after suspending prisoner exchange talks
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban on Tuesday recalled the insurgent group's negotiators from Afghanistan hours after they suspended talks on a prisoner exchange process with the Afghan government, a spokesman for the hardline Islamist group said in a tweet.
Afghan govt frees 100 Taliban prisoners as part of peace process
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group's suspension of talks on a planned prisoner exchange crucial to moving to formal talks to end years of war.
Taliban recalls negotiators after suspending prisoner exchange talks
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Taliban on Tuesday recalled the group's negotiators from Kabul hours after they suspended talks on a prisoner exchange process with the Afghan government, a spokesman for the hard-line Islamist group said in a tweet.
Kabul, Taliban should begin prisoner releases as soon as possible - U.S. envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad said on Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic adds urgency to prisoner releases agreed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's government and the Taliban and that they should begin "as soon as possible."
