One by one, Iranians are publicly defying the so-called hijab rule in echoes of an iconic protest by a 31-year-old mother in Tehran.
Afghanistan's arts and architecture were once the pride of Asia. However, more than four decades of war have left many of the country’s traditional crafts on the verge of extinction.
The Afghan official in charge of looking after the archeological remains in Bamiyan Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site, says they are threatened with complete annihilation.
Women have been threatened and attacked for working as fashion models in Afghanistan's conservative Islamic society. RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan spoke with two of them.
More than 1,800 Pakistani clerics from different schools of Islamic thought have issued a fatwa declaring that suicide bombings are un-Islamic.
A community gathering in Afghanistan’s Logar Province has awarded U.S. President Donald Trump a “bravery” medal, thanking him for his tough stance against Pakistan.
In Pakistan Afghan refugees feel caught between Islamabad and Washington as bilateral relations rapidly deteriorate after U.S. President Donald Trump accused Pakistan on January 1 of “lies and deceit” while providing a safe haven to terrorists that U.S. forces are seeking to counter in Afghanistan.
A bounty is out on a mysterious poet who uses the pen to lash out at fellow villagers and their daily routines.
Persecuted at home, a transgender woman from Uzbekistan is seeking asylum in Belarus -- a country that is not exactly known as a haven of tolerance when it comes to sexual orientation.
Director Nora Twomey talks about her award-winning animated drama The Breadwinner, and storytelling as a response to conflict in places like Afghanistan and her native Ireland.
In northwestern Pakistan, most observant Muslims strictly avoid alcohol -- but some members of the Sufi sect tolerate the use of hashish or other forms of cannabis. A Sufi shrine in Peshawar is one gathering place where visitors smoke hashish, apparently without fear of repercussions. (AFP)
Mansur is just 13 but supports a family of nine by working at a Kabul market with nothing more than a wheelbarrow and his wits. (RFE/RL's Afghan Service)
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