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A video linked to the Taliban uses dark humour and surreal imagery to rebrand Afghanistan as a tourist destination.
Three people are seen with bags over their heads. "We have one message for America," one of the five armed men says., World ...
A bizarre promotional video is circulating on Taliban-affiliated social media, urging American travelers to visit Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's rural areas bore the brunt of the last 20 years of war. The Taliban's takeover has brought calm, but a humanitarian crisis is brewing. In Afghanistan's war-torn countryside, U.S ...
It still amazes me how the snow has changed the vast patches of beige to glorious visions of white. The terrain of Afghanistan is part of what has made it a rugged country difficult to tame. The ...
Since the Taliban takeover, much of Afghanistan’s countryside has seen a big drop in violence after 20 years of fighting. “It has been a long time now since a bullet hit our homes.” ...
KULANGAR, Afghanistan — At a tiny, two-pump gas station off the two-lane highway running through Afghanistan’s Logar province, Mohammad Farooq, the attendant, was unequivocal in his view of ...
As NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014, donor countries must rethink their aid to that war-torn country. Edward Girardet, who has reported on Afghanistan for more than 30 years ...
Afghanistan marks the 15th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the country on 15 ... are the hundreds of thousands of land mines that still litter many parts of the countryside.