Though the image brought her worldwide attention, it also brought hardship. Her story, however, remains a powerful reminder ...

India's humanitarian effort in Afghanistan has transformed lives by providing prosthetic limbs to over 70 individuals during ...

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international ...

“This will be more than just a parade,” Mayor Eric Adams said. “It will serve as a symbol of belonging, of closure and of collective pride.

A 45-year-old man married a six-year-old girl in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan, sparking outrage and renewed concern over ...

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction "found that the single most important factor in the [Afghan National Defense and Security Forces'] collapse in August 2021 was the U.S ...

Tens of thousands of Afghan men, women and children rushed to Kabul's airport a year ago in a desperate bid to flee the advancing Taliban, who seized power on August 15, 2021.

Education for girls was also limited during the Taliban’s previous period of control in Afghanistan, ... and its use as a political symbol Published: August 23, 2022 11:52am EDT.

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burka with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since their return to ...

The Crossroads of Asia : transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan / edited by Elizabeth Errington and Joe Cribb with Maggie Claringbull Smithsonian Libraries ...

HERAT, Afghanistan - In the 1970s, tourists traveled to western Afghanistan to climb on the ruins of an ancient citadel, a fortress resembling a sandcastle that has stood overlooking the ...