The detention of ethnic Pashtun activists in Pakistan this week has reopened long-standing tensions with neighboring Afghanistan, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expressing “serious concerns” about Islamabad’s treatment of the peaceful protesters.
Russia will host the Taliban and Afghan politicians opposed to President Ashraf Ghani, Russian and Taliban sources said, promoting its role of a powerbroker in what a U.S. official called an attempt to "muddle" the U.S.-backed peace process.
More than two-thirds of the 180 countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 scored below 50 on its 0-100 scale.
A group of ethnic Kazakhs originally from China have urged the U.S. and Russian presidents to help secure the release of their relatives whom they say are being held at so-called “reeducation camps” in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang.
Afghan drug smugglers showed up in Tajikistan and nabbed a shepherd, possibly mistaking him for someone else. The resulting ransom situation is more common in the area than you might think.
Kyrgyz lawmakers are considering raising the status of the kalpak, the traditional Kyrgyz hat, to that of a national cultural symbol.
Turkmen authorities have launched a campaign to register army reservists -- nearly all men under 50 -- amid concerns about militants in neighboring Afghanistan, according to a Defense Ministry source and accounts by citizens.
A former Iranian national team member appeared to mock the Dari accent of an Afghan counterpart who was chiding Iran for its censorship.
Afghanistan has rebuked neighboring Iran over statements by senior officials that acknowledged Tehran’s contacts with the Taliban and emphasized a role for the hard-line Islamist Afghan movement in the country’s future government.
Nearly 800,000 Afghan migrants returned or were deported back to Afghanistan from Iran in 2018 -- an increase of two-thirds compared to the previous year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on January 8.
Tehran’s diplomatic offensive has perhaps inadvertently showcased its strong ties with the Taliban.
Current and former Afghan officials and observers of events in the war-torn country are criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that the Soviet Union was “right” to invade in 1979.
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