Investing in agriculture in Afghanistan is critical as the sector accounts for a quarter of the national economy, and plays an important role in the livelihoods of the approximately 76% of the ...

Buffett of TFBSO, who organized the trip, the group spent 10 days going where visitors rarely go in Afghanistan and Iraq: into farm country and the hinterlands. Also traveling with the group were ...

The cool mountain air nipped at Kip Tom’s hands as he grasped the single lever of a crudely made plow tucked behind two oxen. His instructor smiled, motioning him to push down as the animals walked.

The lack of water threatens not only urban populations but also rural communities where droughts have devastated local agriculture and livestock. Afghanistan has also struggled with a weak economy.

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin ...

Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura, who headed a humanitarian aid organization in Afghanistan, was shot to death five years ago on Dec. 4. When I first met him in 2002, he said, “Afghanistan is ...