Beijing's security cooperation with the Central Asian states is likely to grow significantly stronger in the coming months.
Officials, lawmakers, and community leaders in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar have accused neighboring Pakistan of incursions and cross-border attacks
In carrying out a state tourism development plan in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan has destroyed areas of the city's historic center that had earned it global recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Qishloq Ovozi takes a look at what has been happening recently in the northern Afghan provinces that border Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Over the past 15 years, Pakistan and Afghanistan have frequently accused one another of sheltering hostile Taliban factions responsible for deadly insurgencies and frequent terrorist attacks in the two neighboring countries.
Norouz, the traditional Persian new year's celebration, heralds the arrival of spring throughout Central Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of the Middle East.
In a sign of the Iranian government’s increasing openness over its involvement in Syria’s civil war, state television will air a documentary during the Iranian New Year known as “Nowruz” praising the thousands of pro-Iranian fighters who died in Syria over the years.
Russia has set April 14 as the date for international talks on the conflict in Afghanistan, Russian state-run news agency Interfax says.
Iranian authorities handed over 200 Afghan prisoners at the main border crossing in Islam Qala in western Afghanistan.
India is doubling-down on hydropower projects worth $15 billion in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir despite Pakistani warnings that the new power stations will disrupt water supplies.
Reformists in Iran are under pressure, detainees face torture and abuse, and people are being executed at an "alarming" rate, a UN monitor studying human rights in the tightly controlled country says.
The factors that helped Tajikistan become the world leader in the export of suicide bombers to the extremist group Islamic State.
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