The Rundown -- June 10

# Tehelka reviews Abubakar Siddique's book, "The Pashtun Question"

# "Weekly Standard" and Newsmax uses Golnaz Esfandiari's interview with Obama's spiritual adviser after trip to Iran

# Read Golnaz Esfandiari in "The Atlantic" on Iran's "dispute over heaven"

# RFE/RL mentioned in "Washington Post" obituary for Isaac Patch

# Russian stocks rebound from low of Ukraine crisis

# Business as usual in Russia for western oil companies, despite sanctions

# "Russia is Burdened by the Weight of Empire" - Vladimir Ryzhkov, "Moscow Times"

# Fighting in the east continues as talks begin; Ukraine says it has reached a "mutual understanding" with Russia

# In first interview as president, Poroshenko says he's forced to negotiate with Russia, because west can't back security guarantees

# Is Kyiv's battle against separatists backfiring?

# Russians find easy assistance in joining Ukraine battle

# Ukraine activists vow to hold new government's "feet to the fire"

# Fugitive Russian mayor detained in Belarus

# "Afghanistan's Youth: The Losers Under Any Government" - Mahbouba Seraj, Huffington Post

# "In Afghanistan, Give Cash a Chance" - Charles Kenny, BloombergBusinessweeek

# Can Afghanistan's economy survive without the war?

# At least 29 dead in Karachi airport attack

# "Airport Bloodshed Shows Wide Split on Pakistan’s Future" - Khurrum Anis and Faseeh Mangi, Bloomberg

# Iran closes border with Pakistan

# Iran says 6 month extension in talks may be necessary

# A history of modern Iran, told through soccer
# "Iran Says Take Off the Veil—and Be Raped" - Shima Shahrabi, Daily Beast

# "Iran's Youth, Ruled Over By a Long Gone Leader" - Camelia Entekhabi-Fard, Al Arabiya

# Time lapse video shows beauty of Kazakhstan
# South Korean president to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan next week

# Why Vox wants a different homepage than its partners

# Short suit