NPR's Lawrence Sheets delivers an audio postcard from Balkh, Afghanistan. There's been no mail delivery for more than a decade. The pharmacist has only herbal remedies to offer the sick. And the ...

Books that talked about racism and racial justice – or told the stories of people of color or the LGBTQ community – were among the most challenged as inappropriate for students in 2020 ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province was killed in a blast Thursday, according to the Taliban spokesman. “With a heavy heart, we received the ...

At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad ...