The Afghan pony’s hooves sank into the first winter snows blanketing this strategic pass deep in the Hindu Kush, the awesome mountain wall that blocks the anti-Taliban armies facing Kabul fro… ...

The Afghanistan of the ’50s, when gardens bloomed and walks could be taken on city streets and women wore what they wished, becomes, through Hosseini’s evocations, real and relevant.

For a decade and a half, the forested and rugged region of Nuristan was Afghanistan’s most inaccessible province, a bastion of al-Qaida and the Islamic State. A team of DER SPIEGEL journalists ...

A video is circulating, showcasing Afghanistan as a travel spot. Yosaf Aryubi's agency aims to change perceptions. The video ...

The highest mountain in war-torn Afghanistan was recently reopened to climbers. The event was celebrated in grand fashion — with an expedition to the summit.

In Afghanistan's Panjshir Province, former police officers and soldiers scrape together a living by digging emeralds out of the frigid Hindu Kush Mountains.

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.

He hopes to raise Afghanistan’s tourism profile to benefit the people of his native land through the Afghan Peaks Charitable Trust.

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

Afghan woman are traveling to the provincial capital to train as midwives for two years before returning to their homes. Maternal mortality rates in Afghanistan are extremely high.

Despite warnings over safety, foreign tourists are now starting to trickle into conflict-ravaged Afghanistan, welcomed by locals and the hardline Taliban regime.

Traversing the Sabzak Pass in Afghanistan is treacherous. But for travelers in distress, one innkeeper, who personifies Afghan generosity, is there to help — with a cup of tea, a meal or car repair.