Beijing: A new five-year national socioeconomic development plan released Thursday says China vows to further develop and open up its borders, including the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As an important part of the country’s new Silk Road strategic initiative, opening up trade routes linking Central Asia and Southeast Asia will not only improve life and stability in China’s less developed border areas, but would also promote regional stability, experts said.…
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Beijing: China is willing to work with Indonesia to enhance anti-terrorism cooperation to safeguard the two countries’ and region’s security and stability, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. Spokesperson Lu Kang made the remarks in response to recent reports that Indonesian security forces killed two terrorists from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. “We have noticed the relevant reports and are verifying the situation,” Lu said, noting that China and Indonesia understand and support each other…
KARACHI: In a rare admission about the existence of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in the city, police claimed on Thursday to have killed a commander of the Middle East-based outfit during an encounter in the militancy-infested locality of Ittehad Town. “Kamran Aslam alias Kamran Gujjar was a trained operational commander of the IS in Pakistan,” Additional Inspector General of police, Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar said at a press conference held in his office. Accompanied…