Afghanistan

The United States may let Tajikistan hold on to Afghan military aircraft donated by the US that sought shelter in the Central Asian country following the US withdrawal from Kabul in August last year, a US military commander said.

US-trained Afghan pilots flew dozens of military planes and helicopters to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as they fled the...

A foreign attacker who killed two clerics in a stabbing incident in Iran&s northeastern city of Mashhad in April was hanged on Monday, Iranian media reported. 

Abdullatif Muradi, 21, a man of Uzbek descent, stabbed three clergymen at the shrine of the eighth Shiite Imam in Mashhad on April 5, killing two and injuring a third.

He had...

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Monday appealed to countries hosting Afghan refugees to treat them in accordance with international standards. 

Addressing an event in Kabul to mark World Refugee Day, acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani said: &The reasons for migration should be identified in...

South Korea is set for a second test launch of its domestically produced Nuri space rocket on Tuesday, eight months after the first test successfully blasted off but failed to place a dummy satellite in orbit.

On Monday, the rocket was erected on its launch pad at the Naro Space Center on the southern coast of South Korea. The test had been...