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May 19, 2017
Ethnic Turkmen Battle Militants In Northern Afghanistan

Ethnic Turkmen in northern Afghanistan have formed their own armed group to fight Taliban and other militants, telling RFE/RL that the Afghan armed forces have been unable to protect the area. (RFE/RL's Turkmen Service)

May 17, 2017
Attackers Storm Afghan State TV Building

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Afghanistan’s state television building in the eastern city of Jalalabad. (RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan)
May 11, 2017
Social Media Connects Family In Pakistan After 60 years

A woman who hadn't seen her family in Pakistan in 60 years had a tearful reunion after her son connected everyone via social media. Jan Sultana disappeared when she was 12 and ended up in India-controlled Kashmir. She was finally able to go home to see her brothers. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
May 10, 2017
Rare Ride To Promote Women Rights In Pakistan

Pakistani sportswoman, Guliafshan Tariq, is traveling on her motorbike across the country’s northwestern mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhaw province to promote women's empowerment and rights in a male-dominated Pakistani society and to spread a message of peace. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad. (VOA)
May 05, 2017
Hekmatyar Calls For Peace In Kabul Stadium Rally

Afghan militant leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called for insurgent groups fighting against the government, including the Taliban, to end their war. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
May 05, 2017
Injured Arrive At Pakistani Hospital After Border Clashes

Injured people, including children, arrived in hospital in the Pakistani border town of Chaman after clashes between Pakistani troops and Afghan forces. (Reuters)
May 04, 2017
Hekmatyar Returns To Kabul Offering To Mediate Peace Talks

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to the Afghan capital, Kabul, on May 4. The man once called the "butcher of Kabul" used the occasion to offer to mediate peace talks with the Taliban, calling on them to accept him as a brother. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
May 03, 2017
Blast Strikes NATO Convoy In Kabul

A powerful explosion struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on May 3, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 28 people, including three coalition soldiers. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
May 01, 2017
Is Iran's Presidential Election Free And Fair?

Iranians go to the polls on May 19 to choose a president. But how much choice does the election really offer?
April 27, 2017
UN Seeks To Reassure Afghan Refugees In Pakistan

A UN official told Afghan refugees in Pakistan that they could not be forced to return to their homeland, amid claims of coercion surrounding the UN's voluntary repatriation program. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
April 24, 2017
Mattis Warns Russia Not To Arm Taliban

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Washington would confront Russia if it supplied weapons to Taliban militants in Afghanistan. Mattis arrived in Kabul on April 24.

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Wednesday 24 May 2017

Ethnic Turkmen Battle Militants In Northern Afghanistan

Attackers Storm Afghan State TV Building

Social Media Connects Family In Pakistan After 60 years

Rare Ride To Promote Women Rights In Pakistan

Hekmatyar Calls For Peace In Kabul Stadium Rally

Injured Arrive At Pakistani Hospital After Border Clashes

Hekmatyar Returns To Kabul Offering To Mediate Peace Talks

Blast Strikes NATO Convoy In Kabul

Is Iran's Presidential Election Free And Fair?

UN Seeks To Reassure Afghan Refugees In Pakistan

Mattis Warns Russia Not To Arm Taliban

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Multimedia

Wednesday 24 May 2017

Ethnic Turkmen Battle Militants In Northern Afghanistan

Attackers Storm Afghan State TV Building

Social Media Connects Family In Pakistan After 60 years

Rare Ride To Promote Women Rights In Pakistan

Hekmatyar Calls For Peace In Kabul Stadium Rally

Injured Arrive At Pakistani Hospital After Border Clashes

Hekmatyar Returns To Kabul Offering To Mediate Peace Talks

Blast Strikes NATO Convoy In Kabul

Is Iran's Presidential Election Free And Fair?

UN Seeks To Reassure Afghan Refugees In Pakistan

Mattis Warns Russia Not To Arm Taliban

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