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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 put an end to 43 years of almost continuous war, ... Americans thus mistook the Afghan countryside for a mere theater of war, ...

In the countryside we met Sherif Nazari, 55, who said he once worked as a highway engineer. Now he's unemployed, and nobody is repairing the highway near his house, which was battered during 20 ...

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 ...

In the countryside, ... In Afghanistan, I’d grown accustomed to kohl-eyed policemen in baggy trousers, militiamen in balaclavas, intelligence agents inspecting cars.

The rapid withdrawal by the United States from Afghanistan nearly two years ago was unquestionably bungled, as a recent scathing review shows. It was nevertheless the right strategic decision, as ...