Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have documented the struggles and triumphs of their lives under the oppressive regime which strips them of even the most basic ...

The striking headgear sported by members of the Ottoman court in the 15th century provoked fashionable Westerners to don ...

Group and solo travelers are trickling into Afghanistan by plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles. And the country ...

Author Toba Adina-Jao joined host Rachael Maurer to share about her latest book release ‘Me, Mommy, Bolani’ which explores her deep cultural connection through the flavors and memories ...

The family’s lesson book also included values steeped in respect for their ancestral history and identity as Afghan Americans. Parche opened in 2023 and features contemporary Colombian cuisine.

Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, after the U.S. military, along with tribal fighters, drove the Taliban from Afghanistan, President George W. Bush called for the country’s reconstruction.

Taliban Govt clearing 'un-Islamic' books from Afghanistan shelves In October, the Ministry announced the commission had identified 400 books "that conflicted with Islamic and Afghan values, most ...

Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles -- Taliban authorities are working to remove "un-Islamic" and anti-government literature from ...

3 min read November 20, 2024 - 2:42PM AFP Taliban government personnel evaluate books imported from Iran to Afghanistan at a customs warehouse in Herat ...

Today, thousands of books are imported each week alone from neighbouring Iran -- which shares the Persian language with Afghanistan -- through the Islam Qala border crossing in western Herat province.