She was an experienced Washington Post war correspondent and he was a decorated Green Beret, known as 'Lawrence of Afghanistan' for his ability to rally the local Pashtun tribes to his side.

“The women in Afghanistan are being slowly erased from society, from life, from everything.” Since the Taliban takeover, other marginalised groups have begun to fear for their rights, and ...

This girl helps out her family by running errands, carrying a pan of cheese, in her remote Afghan village just across the border from Pakistan.

"I love seeing a village that's been brought back to life." Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura was renowned for his work building irrigation systems that transformed part of Afghanistan. He was ...

Qara Ghoily (Afghanistan) - The village of Qara Ghoily offers a rare glimpse into life under Taleban rule and encapsulates governance failures. Flanked by shaggy-haired gunmen, commander Ghulam ...

The decision had been declared by the leaders of the so-called Islamic State Khorasan Province, an offshoot of ISIS active in Afghanistan at the time. Little did the residents of Pikha village ...

We conduct a randomized evaluation of the effect of village-based schools on children's academic performance using a sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The ...

Jeff B. Harmon's 1989 documentary,“Warlord of Kayan,” offers an in-depth look at Afghanistan's history through the life of Sayed Jafar Naderi. Thi ...

After being evacuated from Afghanistan to Australia in 2021, these women have just played their first cricket match as a team ...