History of being in Afghanistan. Ignoring the British lesson, the Soviet Union suffered the same fate when it tried to install a puppet leader in Afghanistan. In the 1990’s, ...

President Donald Trump will outline the United States’ path forward in Afghanistan in a speech Monday night – but he’s been speaking out on the Afghanistan War for years.

The history of Afghanistan is rich and complicated, but Barfield drives home two ever-present facts: a detached elite class rules, and governance is rooted in corruption.

In the back rooms of Kabul's photo shops, thousands of photos dating as far back as 40-plus years sit unclaimed. It remains to be seen if these photo studios can survive a new period of Taliban rule.

The first comprehensive, in-depth history of Canada's war in Afghanistan was quietly published last summer by a federal government printer. Canadians will have a hard time getting their hands on a ...

Kevin Baker coined the latter phrase in a 2021 Politico article entitled “The Old Cliché About Afghanistan That Won’t Die”: a more dismal take on Afghanistan’s history and politics. Some people would ...

Sir Percy Sykes first visited Central Asia some fifty years ago. Since then he has devoted constant study to that remote but strategically important part of the world, where from time to time he has ...

After years of fighting, Afghanistan's women's cricket team has now won support from the sport's governing body. One of the exiled players told DW this marks a significant leap in a long, grueling ...

Afghanistan, hemmed in by mountains, has a long history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Death tolls often rise when remote locations are hit, and ...