Afghans go to the polls on October 20 for the country's first parliamentary elections in eight years. The run-up to the vote has been plagued by Taliban attacks and concerns about vote-rigging, while election staff scramble to get new biometric ID systems for polling stations ready in time.
When Afghans vote for a new parliament on October 20, they will have an unprecedented number of women on the ballot. The road to politics in this conservative country has been bumpy but some sense a change.
Pakistan is holding parliamentary and provincial by-elections in a total of 35 constituencies on October 14.
A primary school in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province is so overcrowded and underfunded that most students attend classes while sitting in the dirt of an empty lot.
Opposition lawmakers staged a sit-in outside the parliament building in Islamabad, to protest against the decision by the new Pakistani government to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
A mountain road in Pakistan's north, near the Chinese border, takes travelers on a terrifying journey between deadly cliffs and the threat of avalanches.
Hundreds of oil workers, rights activists, friends, relatives, and colleagues attended the funeral of Maqsat Dosmaghambetov, who died of cancer age 35 shortly after serving a six-year prison sentence.
An artists' group in Kabul is painting murals on the city's blast walls in honor of journalists who have died in the line of duty.
Thousands gathered in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz for the funeral of victims of an attack on a military parade which claimed at least 25 lives.
At least 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in a gun attack on a military parade in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz on September 22.
Small children were taught to self-flagellate during the Ashura holiday in Peshawar, Pakistan, on September 20.
Iran's currency has dropped sharply this year, and U.S. sanctions on the country are expected to further undermine its economy. The financial instability is taking a toll on the large numbers of Afghan migrants who live in Iran, forcing many to return home to their war-torn country.
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