Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

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, ...

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.

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: History v. Progress. 5 minute read. TIME. September 20, 1968 12:00 AM GMT-4. F rom the Desert of Death in the sunblasted south to the 18,000-ft.-high Wakhan Valley in the far ...

Afghanistan has remained largely isolated since the Taliban seized power nearly four years ago, despite subtle signs of ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in ...