Pressed for time, the nomads left behind their camels and arrived by bus and minivan at the billowing green tent anchored on the desert plain outside Kabul. There they laid out red Afghan carpets, and ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (UNHCR) - Panjway, less than an hour from Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, used to be a flourishing region, famous for its grapes and watermelons. After four straight years of ...

KABUL, July 22 (Reuters) - More than 10,000 ethnic Hazaras protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, calling for President Hamid Karzai to resign over killings of their kin by rival Kuchi nomads.

All Pashtuns claim to be descendants of four persons: Sarban, Batan, Ghorghust, and Karlani, all sons of Abu Qais. During the time of King Amanullah, Afghans were described as of Aryan origin, and ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The leaders of one of the largest Pashtun tribes in a Taliban stronghold agreed to support the American-backed government, battle insurgents and burn down the home of any ...

Contact the repository for terms of use. Scope and Contents Edited film explores the nomadic Maldar people as they interact in their camp and in commerce with ...

For four months this year, Italian writer Edoardo Albinati worked with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Afghanistan. In this report, he tells of his experiences at a camp in ...

When the front line around Mazar-i-Sharif burst under relentless U.S. bombing, the retreating Taliban fighters knew there was only one option: to run fast and far. Retreating into Mazar-i-Sharif’s ...

The Taliban is largely made up of an ethnic group called the Pashtuns. They are the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan, and also have a significant presence in northwest Pakistan. NPR's John Burnett ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Behind a razor wire fence, in the shadow of ruined balustrades, a few goats graze while children from around 500 families mob a police truck arriving with the day's second and last ...