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
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.
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