As a Greek woman in Afghanistan, I decided to live among ordinary Afghans to get a feel about their lives, worries and dreams ...

In ancient times, it was known as Uttarapath and connected cities along the Ganges River to Punjab and Taxila in Pakistan.

Greece is very far away from the heartland of early Buddhism in India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But thanks to Alexander the Great, Hellenistic and Buddhist cultures came into contact in ...

Balkh is one of Afghanistan’s most significant ancient cities, and its role as a center of trade, culture, and religion dates back thousands of years. Balkh was an important and major city in ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

An ancient sport facing modern challenges ... the enduring popularity of buzkashi demonstrates its deep cultural roots. While Afghanistan grapples with political and environmental challenges ...

It has been seven months since the medical student arrived in Scotland to pursue the education she had been cut off from in ...

Despite its reputation for being dangerous, interest in this incredible country has soared one region has been named a ...

Archeologists have two ways in which they can identify how pests perturbed ancient people. The first is through cultural materials such as artwork ... Pakistan), and Mundigak (an archeological site in ...

Medical tourism is a multi-billion-dollar industry that contributes significantly to the global economy. According to a ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

When an invitation to visit Moscow arrived in my inbox, it was the culmination of a series of emails and telephone calls from ...