The Afghan pony’s hooves sank into the first winter snows blanketing this strategic pass deep in the Hindu Kush, the awesome mountain wall that blocks the anti-Taliban armies facing Kabul from ...

Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Too bad you can't pass on going through mountain pass in Afghanistan. Mountain passes like the one between Kabul and Jalalabad are where some of the greatest armies in the ...

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.

After 2005, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan's rugged mountains and last virgin forests in the far east but, in many cases, were then ousted by even more radical groups.

Afghanistan’s blue mountain lakes deserted as tourists stay away. Band-e-Amir in Afghanistan usually attracts thousands of visitors every year . Sayed Ramin. Tuesday 04 January 2022 10:59 GMT.

NATICK, Mass. (Feb. 26, 2013) -- 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 ...

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. The expedition to the summit began July ...

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

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan, Jan 4(Reuters) - 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 ...