In a move likely to aggravate already tense relations between the two neighbors, India is accelerating its building of new hydropower plants along three rivers that flow into Pakistan
Indian support for a simmering separatist struggle in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan is unlikely to radically alter the conflict in the resource-rich and strategically located restive region.
In a move likely to roil the rapidly deteriorating relations between New Delhi and Islamabad, an exiled separatist leader from Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province has decided to apply for asylum in India.
With the death of Uzbek President Islam Karimov earlier this month, the question of who will succeed Central Asia's other longstanding rulers has come to the fore. (The views expressed on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
The producer of a Kyrgyz film about the Great Urkun, the mass killing of ethnic Kyrgyz by Russian forces after an uprising in 1916, says Kyrgyz officials have not yet approved his film for viewing because they fear offending the Kremlin.
Central Asia experts have recently voiced a consensus view: A leadership change in the region won't translate into real changes. The verdict is logical. Yet a look at known trends suggests changes might come sooner than anticipated.
Soldiers from China, Russia and Central Asian nations began a week of military excercises in Kyrgyzstan. (RFE/RF's Kyrgyz Service)
For those accustomed to watching the slow movement of Uzbekistan’s government over the years, this month has already been a shock. RFE/RL convened the Majlis podcast to discuss Uzbekistan’s power transition following the death of President Islam Karimov.
Some Iranians and Afghans have taken to social media to condemn authorities in the Iranian city of Shiraz for putting arrested, blindfolded Afghan refugees on display.
A former U.S. government adviser has offered a positive prognosis for Afghanistan despite the ongoing escalation in violence and infighting within its national unity government.
The rhetoric heats up between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, which starts on September 10.
Following Islam Karimov's death, Uzbeks were invited to honor the strongman president's death with a traditional feast. But as it turns out, average citizens and businesses have been stuck with the check.
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