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.

The Wakhjir Pass connects Wakhan District to China being the only border crossing. This route is one of the centuries-old trade highways, the 'Silk Route' between Central, South and East Asia, and ...

Yi-Pin Lin, a tourist from the United States, and his Afghan guide, Hijrat Ullah Sahak, visiting a mountain lake in Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan. With the war now ...