Afghanistan is often in the global spotlight, and typically for less than desirable reasons. As someone who has traveled ...

Every March, 300 million people from across the world, most notably the people of Iran and Central Asian countries celebrate ...

The fast-paced equestrian game of buzkashi is a welcome distraction in rural Afghanistan, blighted by drought and poverty, and has been embraced by the Taliban. International demand for basmati ...

Afghan horsemen compete for a goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi in Mazar-i Sharif. Each spring, hundreds of thousands of people flock to this city in northern Afghanistan to celebrate Nowruz ...

Karzai’s influence is not just historical; it lies in his ability to mediate Afghanistan’s current power struggles.

Tashkent’s transition from a security-oriented approach to a pragmatic, economy-first foreign policy in relation to Kabul is ...

George Glezmann was detained while traveling in the country after the Taliban’s victory in the war. Secretary of State Marco ...

Former U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad says the Taliban's decision to release American George Glezmann was "a goodwill gesture" to President Trump.

An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in “good health,” according to a source with knowledge of the release. Faye Hall ...

President Trump and a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan shared a video of a woman identified as Faye Hall thanking the president for her release from Afghanistan. By Eve Sampson An American ...

The Taliban's supreme leader said Sunday there is "no need" for Western laws in Afghanistan, noting that democracy is dead as long as sharia laws are in place. Hibatullah Akhundzada was speaking ...