As missiles fall silent—for now—it’s time to explore whether the heart of the Iran-Israel conflict lies in a deeper battle ...

Nowruz, which means ‘new day’ in Persian and local languages in the countries that celebrate it, marks the first day of the Persian calendar and falls at the same time as the spring equinox (usually ...

Police in Afghanistan have arrested more than 34,000 beggars from across the country over the past year to give an end to the culture of begging in society, a deputy on counter-narcotics of the ...

“In the summer of 2022, with strategic support from the SSG team, more than 60 resistance fighters were killed by sniper fire," said a source. According to sources close to Saleh, the ISI amplified ...

In late March, the Taliban’s Department of Information and Culture in Balkh announced that the restoration of the monastery of Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi’s father would be carried out with the ...

Khaled has also supported UNHCR’s fundraising objectives through various email appeals, including UNHCR’s Winter campaign in December 2023, where he encouraged donations to help support refugees ...

The head of the Shia Ulema Council of Balkh province stated: After the Islamic Emirate government came to power, about 176 mosques were registered in this province, and in these mosques, the mourning ...

The largest online news service for AfghanistanMuhajir Farahi, acting Deputy Minister of Publications at the Ministry of Information and Culture, emphasized in a meeting with journalists in Balkh ...

Most of these sites are located in the Balkh region, formerly the central territory of Bactria, which boasts a storied past dating to the 6th Century BC during the Achaemenid Empire era ...

Born in Balkh, he spent time in his 20s as a volunteer surveying archaeological sites in northern Afghanistan, including some of those the researchers say have been bulldozed.