Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world. Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...

August 15 holds a solemn place in the collective memory of the Afghan people as a symbol of state collapse, the onset of darkness, and the failure of the international conscience. On this day, a ...

The axiom that the world's destiny is in the hands of bankers and industrialists is never more aptly demonstrated than in wartime. The lords of capital and the cannon merchants thrive on the menace of ...

Secretary of State Colin Powell went to Kabul last week to reaffirm America's help in creating a "new Afghanistan." For some clues to the problem of peace-keeping and nation-building in Afghanistan, ...

CNN — There's been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. But some of the criticism from former Trump administration ...

Four years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan faces a paradox. To the outside world, the regime’s restrictions — particularly on women and civil liberties — make positive change ...

Luke Basso has been producing documentary short films on veterans and military history since he was in high school. He recently returned from Afghanistan and tells WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. As the Taliban once again assert control of ...