Pakistan-Afghanistan border closures paralyze trade along a key route

Trucks have been stuck at the closed border since October. Both countries are facing economic losses with no end in sight.

Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of the U.S. government’s decision to reunite her with her Afghan family.

In Afghanistan, a trail of hunger and death behind U.S. aid cuts

Afghanistan has plunged deeper into a crisis marked by levels of child hunger unseen in 25 years and the closure of almost ...

Afghanistan launches $100 million food security program as hunger crisis deepens

The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization warned in a report that 17.4 million people are projected to face acute food ...

Landmines from Afghanistan’s war are still killing civilians – including children

Landmines and other explosives left behind after decades of war killed at least 92 people and injured 379 others in Afghanistan last year.
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Why Afghanistan’s Terrorism Problem Isn’t Going Away

The Taliban is failing to contain and is, in fact, aiding the spread of radicalism in Central Asia.
Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...