The arts and cultural sector in Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented crisis, as the simple act of artistic expression has now effectively been criminalised by the Taliban. While the international ...

KABUL, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A three-day exhibition featuring a wide array of industrial and cultural products opened on Monday in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, according to the General Directorate ...

Across 600 kilometres of hard, winding roads, Marwa and Aisha have returned to the mountains of Badakhshan and the land of ...

Officials in Afghanistan are desperately trying to save an archaeological treasure: an ancient city estimated more than 1,000 years old that was recently uncovered when thieves were arrested with ...

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, and the Director of the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, Nancy Dupree. “Keeping History Alive” a ...

Usually, when you try to please everybody, you please nobody. Last week, President Obama learned that lesson when he announced his strategy for a "successful conclusion" to the war in Afghanistan. The ...

The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), currently stalled in the Senate, calls for an independent bipartisan congressional commission to conduct a comprehensive examination of America’s ...