A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...

There are no paved roads linking the craggy, mineral-rich mountains of northeast Afghanistan’s Konar and Nurestan provinces to the outside world, while abundant and more accessible reserves are ...

Nangalem, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2004: An Afghan elder walks down an unpaved and rocky mountain road.

A family flees across the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan on their way to become refugees in Pakistan (1988) Two young Afghan fighters share a joke during a lull in fighting in fierce ...