A row has broken out in Russia over a film about the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, after politicians and former servicemen criticised its unflattering depiction of Red...
Simon Tisdall’s denunciation of the US-led western involvement in Afghanistan as “17 or so years of ultimately pointless, criminal mayhem” (The US ruined Afghanistan. It can’t simply walk...
This year, Chinese New Year runs from February 5 to 19 but celebrations kick off on New Year’s Eve, February 4. The festival is usually called Spring Festival...
The Taliban has refused peace talks for years, hoping that one day it will capture Kabul, remove a democratic government, and form an extreme regime in the...
To geologists, Earth’s early history is somewhat of a black box. Volcanoes, magma seas, and meteorite impacts defined our planet’s surface from its formation, 4.6 billion years...
The Pakistani army’s media wing on Wednesday announced that Lt. Gen. Asim Munir has been appointed the new director general (DG) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s...
Politicians, former jihadi leaders and dozens of residents from different parts of the country attended a ceremony in Kabul on Saturday to commemorate Martyrs Week and the...
KABUL: One of the only Korans ever made from silk fabric has been completed in Afghanistan - a feat its creators hope will help preserve the country's...
Balkh, Afghanistan: In the white dusty plains of northern Afghanistan, archaeologists are seeking to unravel the secrets of one of the oldest mosques in the world, whose...