An ethnic Turkmen family in northern Afghanistan was homeless and desperate -- so they took shelter in a cemetery alongside other destitute people. But when locals learned about the family's troubles from a report by RFE/RL's Turkmen Service, they stepped forward to help.
Thousands of Afghan families displaced by violence elsewhere in their country are struggling to survive extreme winter temperatures in the slums of Kabul.
At least two people were killed and 16 others were injured by a powerful explosion in the Pakistani city of Quetta. Jamaat ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, took responsibility for the January 7 explosion that was caused by a bomb in a motorcycle.
Some countries’ borders don’t seem to make any sense at all. In the first episode of a series wer'e calling Mad Maps, we take a look at crazy national boundaries in Central Asia, which have the power to spark violence. Why are they so complicated?
Incumbent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani won a second term in the September 28 election according to preliminary results announced on December 22. Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan Chairwoman Hawa Alam Nuristani said that Ghani had earned more than half of all votes.
Afghans have been returning to their ruined homes in Nangarhar Province after officials claimed they had cleared it of remaining IS fighters and showed captured militants to the media.
Saodat Khojaeva, 40, from southern Tajikistan, was born with only one deformed arm. She uses her legs to do house chores, including cooking, cleaning, and looking after her three children.
Fake uniforms and military accessories are being bought and sold at markets in the Afghan capital, Kabul. It's feared some such uniforms are being used by criminals and terrorists in Afghanistan to infiltrate targets.
A group of technology professionals originally from Pakistan, now working for major technology companies in the United States, have created a mentoring and professional network to help other women.
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, John Bass, has welcomed the release of three Taliban prisoners by the Afghan government and called on the Taliban to release Western hostages in return.
Afghanistan has a drug problem from the abundant poppies that get made into opium. A group of Afghan women has found a way out of their addiction through a different crop.
Hundreds of migrants stranded in a camp in the Bosnian forest are at risk as the Balkan winter approaches, aid workers say.
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