For centuries, Afghanistan served as a buffer zone between competing empires - from the British and Russian Empires to the ...

Nov. 16, 2006 — -- When American Nancy Hatch Dupree found out she had been dubbed "Afghanistan's grandmother," she "went into orbit," she said. The Afghans she worked with didn't understand her ...

Accompanies exhibition at the British Museum, Mar. 3-July 3, 2011; text previously issued as: Afghanistan: hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul. National Geographic Society, c2008. The ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- With a history marred by war, factional feuding and harsh theocratic rule, Afghanistan takes a tentative step this weekend towards national reconciliation and the first peaceful ...

This exclusive e-book offers in-depth analysis from seven subject experts, tracing Afghanistan’s complex journey ...