In the Pashtuns' view, the Afghan nation refers to those people who originally settled near the Suleiman Range and spread to what is now modern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pashtun nationalists say ...

The clean, modern enclave, separated from the rest of Kabul by the airport, has a calm, family-­friendly atmosphere that’s rare for Afghanistan. “Suddenly vehicles become weapons,” Leslie says.

Therefore, Afghanistan is often referred to as the “Land of the Pashtuns.” In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani unified the Pashtun tribes and laid the foundation of modern Afghanistan. Pashtun society ...

A senior Taliban minister, who publicly condemned the group’s ban on education of girls and women, has reportedly fled ...

drawn by the British colonial authorities in the 19th century through the mountainous and often lawless tribal belt between the territory of modern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Last month ...

Pakistan’s Foreign Office has expressed deep concerns over modern weapons left in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal, ...

In 1979 the Soviets had illsuited uniforms and inferior fighting tactics and found it impossible to defeat the popular Afghan guerrilla army They had underestimated their enemy and lacked the ...

So his father named him after Ahmad Shah Durrani, an 18th Century king and the founder of modern Afghanistan. Ahmad was the eldest of six children - he leaves behind four sisters and a teenage ...

A restaurant in Oakland scheduled to open January 30 is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, ...

For Sarmast’s students, the school became that rare thing in modern Afghanistan: a place and atmosphere where artistic expression was encouraged and celebrated. Alas, the school’s success also made it ...