Sharif, Balkh Province, was held with little fanfare under the shadow of the Taliban.

Various news views from Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif city, Afghanistan.

Chabahar provides one such alternative. Even the US, during occupation, exempted Afghan trade in certain items through Chabahar from Iran-specific sanctions. A fully functional Chabahar outstrips both ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fifth week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Busà Photography / Getty Images Many people believe that being wealthy means having a nice house, a late-model car, and a summer cottage, but the kind of money possessed by the wealthiest 1% of ...

1 Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 2 College of Smart Agriculture (Research ...

THE killers of schoolgirl Sara Sharif racked up a £700,000 taxpayer-funded legal aid bill. Taxi driver dad Urfan Sharif, 43, benefited from £236,000 — including £147,000 for solicitors and £ ...

Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have renewed their agreement on the use of the Hairaton-Mazar-i-Sharif (also spelled Hairaton-Mazar-e-Sharif) railway, further solidifying ...

The mazar is said to be nearly three decades old. Story continues below this ad Meanwhile, the Bareilly police bound down (surety to maintain peace) around 100 villagers from both the communities, ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Balkh province, along with local archaeologists, are urging the government to ...

New Delhi, India: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's attempt at diplomacy took an unexpected turn when his congratulatory message to U.S. President Donald Trump on X (formerly Twitter) became ...

Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif took to X, banned in Pakistan, to congratulate Donald Trump. People called out his hypocrisy and asked which VPN he used to access the social media platform that ordinary ...