For most of Tajikistan's 25 years of independence, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev has been one of the most influential people in Tajikistan and was possibly the most powerful person in the country for a brief time.
At a time when the world is pouring money into renewable and clean energy, Pakistan is raising ire for its plan to boost urgently needed generating capacity through Chinese-funded coal-fired power plants.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has called for a legal ban on types of Islamic dress that he says are not compatible with Kazakh traditions.
Pakistan says that Russia-sponsored international talks on Afghanistan must involve the United States for bringing peace to the war-riven country, because Washington is the “biggest stakeholder” there.
With the dreaded annual Taliban spring offensive expected to start in earnest any day now, there are many nervous people on both sides of the Central Asia-Afghan border, and the situation is already more alarming and far more confusing than it was last year.
After weeks of speculation, Ebrahim Raisi, the head of Iran’s wealthiest state charity, has officially announced his intention to run in the country’s presidential vote next month.
Within hours of the deadly April 3 subway bombing in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, a Kazakh student was described by some media as a suspected suicide attacker. His friends -- and his government -- say he was a victim.
Pakistan has resumed its repatriation of Afghan refugees under a controversial program by the United Nations, a UN official said.
The militant group Islamic State (IS) has threatened Iran in a grisly video message released in Persian.
Kyrgyz horsemen played another fierce match of their national sport, kok-boru, in the region of Issyk-Kul. Players must try to drag a dead goat toward a goal, fighting on horseback along the way. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)
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
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