Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world.

New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the ...

Aid agencies warned this week that Afghanistan, which is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, is expected to remain ...

Afghanistan's severe weather with heavy rains and snowfall led to flash floods, killing 17 and injuring 11 across multiple provinces. The floods also damaged infrastructure and affected urban and ...

The United States' 20-year attempt to stand up democracy in Afghanistan descended into a cesspool of corruption and squandered as much as $29.2 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in pursuit of ...

Ahmad Mukhtar is a producer for CBS News based in Toronto, Canada. He covers politics, conflict and terrorism, with a focus on news from Canada and his home nation of Afghanistan, which he left ...

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 city of Herat ...

The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers from entering hospitals without wearing a burqa. On November 10, 2025, ...

The Taliban has barred female patients, visitors, and medical staff who do not wear the all-encompassing burqa from entering public hospitals in western Afghanistan, the latest restriction by the hard ...

This measure has led to the closure of Herat's national television station and at least two other local channels. This statement was originally published on afjc.media on 19 October 2025. The ...