The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan more rapidly than intelligence officials expected. Here’s a look at the nine days that sealed the group’s yearslong takeover. Illustration ...

Afghanistan is the longest war in American history, outlasting the Civil War ... He warned against putting “a timeline on it.” This is after more than 17 years of war, thousands of dead ...

It also a sign that Obama’s repeated willingness to offer timelines to assuage his domestic base is having a very negative effect on Afghanistan’s security.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist Viktor Ivanovich ...

The first Test ended in a draw. Afghanistan etched their name in record books and created history with the series win. Afghanistan became the first Asian team in history to win their maiden Test ...

Cricket in Afghanistan has a long history and dates back to the first rule of the Islamic Emirate when the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was established in 1995. During the current period ...