Peek inside, and there's a calmer scene: Red Afghan rugs and matching cushions swath the floors and walls of a large, sun-filled room; on some days, people sit on the floor drinking green tea from ...

Afghanistan has suffered through decades of war. The modern history of violence has seeped into the nation's ancient art of rug making — rugs now feature imagery of tanks, AK-47s and U.S. drones.

SEATTLE – When Afghanistan's Taliban government became America's avowed enemy, rug dealers started to worry. Some customers at Rugs and Arts of Asia, a store in Seattle's Pioneer Square retail ...

On a recent visit, we started with all three appetizers on the menu. These included the outstanding bouranee baunjaun ($3.75), a puree of fried eggplant topped with a drizzle of homemade yogurt ...

Fawad Mohammadi has spent half his life peddling maps and dictionaries to foreigners on a street of trinket shops in Kabul. Now the 14-year-old Afghan boy with bright green eyes is getting ready ...

1 of 6 — Afghan war rugs featuring U.S. drones is a recent trend in the market, says collector Kevin Sudeith. 3 of 6 — This war rug features the infamous AK-47 rifle, a weapon that has become ...