U.S. President Donald Trump decided on October 13 not to certify Iran's compliance to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, in which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. What happens next?
Journalists marched in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar to condemn the killing of a fellow reporter. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
A group of legislators from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal areas have set up a protest camp in front of parliament in Islamabad. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said a political settlement in Afghanistan is only possible if Taliban militants reject the support or conduct of terrorism.
An Uzbek teacher set himself alight and leaped from the roof of his home, in protest at plans by the authorities to demolish it. The authorities in the Tortkol region in the Karakalpakstan autonomous region of western Uzbekistan say around 500 houses were built illegally and must be bulldozed. (UGC/
A suicide bomber carried out a deadly attack near a mosque in Kabul, on the eve of Ashura -- the most important festival in Shi'a Islam. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States supports "Afghan-led reconciliation as the solution" to the conflict in Afghanistan. Mattis spoke on September 27 at a joint news conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Kabul. (Reuters)
In the Kyrgyz village of Ak-Shyyrak, near the Chinese border, residents endure 10 months of winter and burn dry manure for fuel. RFE/RL's Kyrgz Service filmed this portrait of daily life in the remote mountains some 3,200 meters above sea level.
More than 5 million people are estimated to be eligible to vote in a nonbinding referendum in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region expected to give Kurdish leader Masud Barzani a mandate to negotiate with Baghdad and neighboring states over the secession of the oil-producing region.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani welcomed what he called a new "resolve" from the United States to support his country, in an address to the UN General Assembly. Speaking on September 19, he also called on Pakistan to engage "earnestly" in confronting terrorism and extremism. (Reuters)
A suicide bomb exploded outside a cricket stadium during a match in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killing at least two people and wounding seven others. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
People in a Turkmenistan village that was hit by a mudslide said they were warned by authorities not to talk about the natural disaster.
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