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June 30, 2016
What's Behind Sudden Clashes In Northwestern Iran?

Clashes erupted this month between Kurdish fighters and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Why the sudden flare-up?

June 28, 2016
Tajikistan's National Reconciliation Day Celebration: Table For One

The Islamic Renaissance Party's participation in governing the country was an example that cooperation between a secular government and an Islamic opposition was possible. This year Tajik authorities for the first time mark National Reconciliation Day without their partner in the reconciliation.
June 23, 2016
Neutral Turkmenistan Chooses A Side In Afghan Conflict

Turkmenistan's official policy of "positive neutrality" appears to have been slightly punctured, and the source of this perforation is Afghanistan.
June 22, 2016
'We Were Only On Gruel': Interview Sheds Light On Conditions Endured By Missing RFE/RL Turkmen Journalist

Alternative Turkmenistan News has interviewed a man who claimed he shared a jail cell with Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, a contributor to RFE/RL's Turkmen Service and other independent outlets, who has been held at an undisclosed location for almost a year on charges that are widely believed to have been fabricated.
June 16, 2016
Four Kazakh Gold Medalists At London Olympics Fail Drug Retests

Four Olympic weightlifting champions from Kazakhstan, including star Ilya Ilyin, are among 10 lifters who failed drug tests in a reanalysis of samples taken at the London 2012 Olympics.
June 15, 2016
Kazakh Minister Says Possible Syria Link In Aqtobe Attacks

Kazakhstan's interior minister says gunmen who attacked two gun stores and a military unit in the northwestern city of Aqtobe recently were followers of "an imam from Syria."
June 11, 2016
Cultural Tug-Of-War Erupts Over Persian Poet Rumi

Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan have renewed a battle over bragging rights to a masterpiece by the famed 13th-century Persian poet Rumi.
June 06, 2016
Why Do So Many Bad Things Happen To Western Kazakhstan?

The June 5 violence in Kazakhstan's northwestern city of Aqtobe was surprising. Such incidents don't usually happen in Kazakhstan. But on those rare occasions when they do, it seems like it's in western Kazakhstan, or more specifically, the Aqtobe area.
June 06, 2016
Turkey's Foreign Policy: From 'Zero Problems' To 'Nothing But Problems'

For years, Turkey's policy of "zero problems with neighboring countries" was a flagship concept of the ruling Justice and Development Party led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Today, there is almost no "country of immediate interest" for Ankara that Turkey has no problems with.
June 03, 2016
Pakistan Imposes New Curbs At Afghan Border, Stranding Hundreds

Pakistan has imposed stringent new controls at a key border crossing with Afghanistan, stranding hundreds of people attempting to cross on June 2.
June 02, 2016
No Shave, No Soccer: Bearded Uzbek Fans Report Being Barred From Stadium

Bearded soccer fans in the Uzbek city of Bukhara say they were not allowed to enter a stadium to watch a match until they shaved off their facial hair.
June 01, 2016
‘Slavery Index’ Slams Uzbekistan, Pakistan

A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan and Pakistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into modern slavery.

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Thursday 19 August 2021

What's Behind Sudden Clashes In Northwestern Iran?

Tajikistan's National Reconciliation Day Celebration: Table For One

Neutral Turkmenistan Chooses A Side In Afghan Conflict

'We Were Only On Gruel': Interview Sheds Light On Conditions Endured By Missing RFE/RL Turkmen Journalist

Four Kazakh Gold Medalists At London Olympics Fail Drug Retests

Kazakh Minister Says Possible Syria Link In Aqtobe Attacks

Cultural Tug-Of-War Erupts Over Persian Poet Rumi

Why Do So Many Bad Things Happen To Western Kazakhstan?

Turkey's Foreign Policy: From 'Zero Problems' To 'Nothing But Problems'

Pakistan Imposes New Curbs At Afghan Border, Stranding Hundreds

No Shave, No Soccer: Bearded Uzbek Fans Report Being Barred From Stadium

‘Slavery Index’ Slams Uzbekistan, Pakistan

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