Man-made caves in the old city of Bamiyan in Afghanistan provide welcome abode for destitute Afghan families. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Marzia and her husband Qadeer thought themselves lucky when they moved into a 1,700-year-old Buddhist cave hand-carved into the side of a mountain in Afghanistan's central highlands — it was ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — Marzia and her husband Qadeer thought themselves lucky when they moved into a 1,700-year-old Buddhist cave hand-carved into the side of a mountain in Afghanistan’s ...

Thousands. Afghanistan's rugged terrain is honeycombed with natural caverns and man-made tunnels.The Hindu Kush mountains are pocked with caves scooped out of limestone by melting snow. In the ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Somewhere deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding in a cave. Intelligence operatives, military commandos, bounty hunters and journalists hunt him.

The entrance to the cave was nearly invisible, a tiny hole cut into the side of a steeply sloping canyon above a quiet stream. It was tranquil Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday morning a battle raged here… ...

For days, the soldiers stared at the mountains. They memorized each crevice, every cave, every niche where Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters could be hiding. They waited for a man to reappear on the ri… ...

A man trapped in Afghanistan says he and his wife have been forced to hide in a cave from the Taliban as they wait for help to flee to the UK. Ahmed, a British citizen who has lived in ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) - Marzia and her husband Qadeer thought themselves lucky when they moved into a 1,700-year-old Buddhist cave hand-carved into the side of a mountain in Afghanistan’s ...