The ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan was discovered in the 1960s, but its demise has captivated archaeologists ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- For 200 years, Ghulam Sakhi's family has been blowing glass in the ancient Afghan city of Herat. He creates azure, indigo and green goblets, cups and vases that have been ...

Across the border in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has destroyed every Buddha it can get its hands on, images it considers idolatrous. Demoli ...

2004-06-27 04:00:00 PDT Kabul , Afghanistan-- Under the Russians it was barely glimpsed. The Afghan Communists allowed only peeks. Through the years of civil war and Taliban rule, its existence ...

Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city.

Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, British Museum, London WC1 (020 7323 8181) to 3 July. The exhibition is supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. More about ...

As major Afghan cities fall, the insurgents now oversee tens of thousands of artifacts and ancient sites. Taliban forces ransacked the National Museum of Afghanistan in early 2001, smashing images ...

On the heights of the Kabul Gorge, they still find ancient belt buckles and corroded sword hilts. You can no longer read the insignia of the British regiments of the old East India Company but ...

Afghanistan's Jewish community numbered as many as 40,000 in the late 19th century, after Persian Jews fled forced conversion. By the mid-20th century, only about 5,000 remained, and most ...

An ancient, rare sculpture looted from Afghanistan almost three decades ago is being returned to its country of origin. The limestone sculpture, which dates to the 2nd century A.D., was found in ...