An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolted Afghanistan late Friday night, a statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) ...

If you want your two citizens safely back in Italy, you must send us $5 billion via bitcoin," the men wielding a rifle say in ...

Mountain passes have been treacherous for foreign armies in Afghanistan for centuries but these days it's other drivers you have to watch out for on the roadways through the Jalalabad pass.

The winter landscape around the deep, blue mountain lakes of Band-e-Amir in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan presents an arresting spectacle empty of people - but the absence of visitors is ...

When they deploy rapidly to the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, U.S. Soldiers confront more than the enemy. At heights exceeding 8,200 feet, they must worry about the effects of altitude on ...

In Afghanistan's Panjshir Province, former police officers and soldiers scrape together a living by digging emeralds out of the frigid Hindu Kush Mountains.

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor ...

The highest mountain in war-torn Afghanistan was recently reopened to climbers. The event was celebrated in grand fashion — with an expedition to the summit.

Based on the story of a teacher from Kabul, an award-winning Pakistani filmmaker highlights the heart-wrenching decisions one ...

Afghanistan is not a typical tourist destination due to the ongoing security situation and travel advisories issued by many ...

Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who had a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, survived years in Afghanistan's rugged mountains but his last months were spent in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood ...

The Salang Pass, a critical mountain road that connects Kabul to northern Afghanistan. Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times Christina Goldbaum is the Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief for The ...