ANKARA: Australia on Thursday stripped its military officers of distinguished service medals over war crimes in Afghanistan, local media reported. Announcing the decision in parliament, Defense Minister Richard Marles said he stripped a number of current and former defense officers of medals over alleged war crimes that happened under their

ISTANBUL: The anti-drug policies of the interim Afghan Taliban administration provide an opportunity to stabilize the Afghan economy, an international think tank said Thursday. While acknowledging ‘one of the most successful poppy elimination efforts in modern history,’ the International Crisis Group’s Afghan analyst, Ibraheem Bahiss, said ‘the ban has also

Cypriot MP Demetris Demetriou participates in the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, that is organised by the Interparliamentary Union and the Parliament of Armenia. The theme of the Conference, that began on Thursday, is ‘Avoiding lost generations: Safeguarding education and employment in all circumstances’ and focuses on solutions to