The Blue Mosque of Mazar-e-Sharif which dates back to the 15th century was affected by the earthquake. At least 20 people ...

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An interactive map of Afghanistan, Project Athena is an archive to which veterans can upload photos, chronicling the war as ...

The world could soon catch a glimpse of Afghanistan’s fabled Bactrian gold, as preparations get under way to exhibit some of the 20,000 or so pieces that make up the country’s most important ancient ...

“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your Gawd like a soldier.” Rudyard ...

Former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute (Ret.) and author Craig Whitlock join The Post to discuss revelations from the new Washington Post book, “The Afghanistan ...

MES AYNAK, Afghanistan - It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. A Chinese woman ...

In “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the BBC journalist Lyse Doucet tells the story of a country through what was once its most luxurious hotel.

SHEBERGHAN, Afghanistan -- Abdul Rauf Amini, a horseman and breeder in northern Afghanistan, is the keeper of an ancient tradition. He grooms horses to ride and compete in buzkashi, Afghanistan’s ...

A vassal state falls to an indigenous political movement, resulting in chaos locally and the departing occupier weakened after decades of military conflict and money spent on enriching oligarchs as ...

U.S soldiers stand guard at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 16 as thousands and Afghans and foreigners try to flee Taliban control. (Associated Press) A vassal state falls to an ...