The ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan was discovered in the 1960s, but its demise has captivated archaeologists ...

Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city.

Across the border in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has destroyed every Buddha it can get its hands on, images it considers idolatrous. Demoli ...

2004-06-27 04:00:00 PDT Kabul , Afghanistan-- Under the Russians it was barely glimpsed. The Afghan Communists allowed only peeks. Through the years of civil war and Taliban rule, its existence ...

Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- For 200 years, Ghulam Sakhi's family has been blowing glass in the ancient Afghan city of Herat. He creates azure, indigo and green goblets, cups and vases that have been ...

Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, British Museum, London WC1 (020 7323 8181) to 3 July. The exhibition is supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. More about ...

As major Afghan cities fall, the insurgents now oversee tens of thousands of artifacts and ancient sites. Taliban forces ransacked the National Museum of Afghanistan in early 2001, smashing images ...

Afghanistan's new government says a display of the fabled Bactrian gold, a 2,000-year-old hoard that survived the Soviets and the Taliban, will go on a worldwide tour.

Matin Malikzada has been making pottery his whole life. A seventh-generation Afghan master potter, the Connecticut-based artist crafts bespoke pieces adorned in colorful glazes and traditional ...

There's a heartbreaking truth behind an infamous photo taken over 40 years ago, and it will change the way you look at it ...

Afghanistan restores 40 ancient monuments. 1w. Khabib Ghufran, a spokesman for the Afghan interim government, said the monuments were repaired in seven provinces.