Over 1.2 million Afghans were forced to return from Iran and Pakistan in 2025, straining Afghanistan’s limited resources amid ...

In recent months, Iranians have increasingly voiced concerns about the rising number of Afghan nationals, with some accusing ...

One year after the devastating earthquake that struck the village of Chahak in October 2023, Francesca Cozzarini, the UNDP Regional Area Manager based in Herat, discusses the significant strides made ...

Just a few minutes outside of Herat city, crowded markets and leafy boulevards give way to vast skies and sand-colored dwellings that look as though they’re carved into the arid landscape.

About two hours drive along the wide asphalt road that connects Herat to the Turkmenistan border is a health clinic called Yaka Dokan. It’s run by World Vision, a nonprofit active in Afghanistan for ...

Since taking control of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban has imposed increasingly draconian policies aimed at excluding women from public life, most recently targeting female entrepreneurs in Herat.

Five-month-old Samiullah* had only been unwell for a day or two. He was feverish and irritable, so his mother took him to their local hospital. But when he started having seizures, the doctors said he ...

In November 2023, when deadly earthquakes struck Herat province, which is known for its rich heritage, Ahmadullah Muttaqi, the area's director of information and culture, promptly requested an ...

Iodice stood by the girls and women of Afghanistan when nearly everyone else had left, a commitment that deeply resonated with many in the war-torn nation. EU Chargee d’Affaires Raffaella Iodice ...

Herskowitz, a 22-year-old from Vermont in the United States, found himself thousands of miles from home in May, with Afghanistan’s spectacular landscapes nearly all to himself.

About 691 tourists visited Afghanistan in 2021, rising to 2,300 the following year and 7,000 in 2023, according to the Associated Press, citing Mohammad Saeed, head of the Tourism Directorate in ...