A string of deadly attacks has hit Afghanistan over the past week. On January 29, militants attacked an army compound near the country's main military academy in Kabul. That assault came two days after a bombing in the capital that killed more than 100 people. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
The death toll in a massive suicide car bomb attack in a crowded area in central Kabul has risen to at least 95, with 158 others wounded, Afghan officials said on January 27. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
A Roma man has given hope to his fellow residents in Tajikstan, helping to provide an education to children that he was never able to have himself. (RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
Operations continued early on January 21 at a hotel in Kabul, after gunmen seized hostages and exchanged fire with security forces overnight. A number of people were killed before the Afghan authorities declared the fighting was over. (Reuters)
Protests expanded in Pakistan after the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found earlier this week. (RFE/RL'S Radio Mashaal/Reuters/AP)
High winds and snow across Kazakhstan have cut transportation links to and from the capital, Astana, and disrupted daily life in much of the country. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)Astana
At least two people were killed when officers fired live rounds to disperse crowds protesting the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Pakistan. Riots broke out after the funeral for Zainab Ansari on January 10 in the eastern city of Kasur. (AP/Reuters)
A leaked video from 1989 reveals that Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was elected to a one-year caretaker period as Supreme Leader.
A minibus driver in Makhachkala, Russia who offers free rides every Friday has been rewarded for his generosity. Grateful passengers have raised cash to send Abdulmedzhid Chupalaev to the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. (Current Time TV)
The search continued for missing crew members two days after a Panama-registered oil tanker and a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter collided off China's east coast.
Video released by the social media site FreedomMessenger purports to show antigovernment protesters attacking a police station in the Iranian town of Qahdarijan. (AP/FreedomMessenger)
Some residents of Tehran described their financial struggles as days of antigovernment protests took place in dozens of towns and cities across Iran. (AFP)
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