The Afghan capital, home to nearly six million people, may see its aquifers run dry by 2030 if urgent action is not taken.

Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people ...

Ambassador Ahmad emphasized that Afghanistan must not serve as a launching pad for terrorism against any country, warning ...

The line was drawn after negotiations between the British government and Afghan King Abdur Rahman Khan, founder of modern Afghanistan. This line brought the tribal lands (now a part of Pakistan ...

On Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, professor Elisabeth Leake of Tufts University gave the 148th Foreign Policy Seminar (FPS). It was open to attend both virtually via Zoom call and in person. “The FPS is a ...

Central Asian countries are taking steps to broaden relations with their southern neighbor, the Taliban-led Afghanistan, despite the hard-line group’s increasingly restrictive policies ...

Afghan Taliban forces have targeted “several locations” in neighboring Pakistan. This comes a few days after Pakistani planes carried out strikes on camps in Afghanistan, according to Reuters ...

How One Looted Artifact Tells the Story of Modern Afghanistan. Many of the country’s finest antiquities were stolen under cover of war, ending up in elite museums all over the globe.

On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan's capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by U.S. troops. Here's a brief look at the insurgent group's history.

Today, Afghanistan is estimated to hold nearly $1 trillion worth of mineral reserves. This includes 60 million tons of copper, 183 million tons of aluminum and 2.2 billion tons of iron ore.