After 2005, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan's rugged mountains and last virgin forests in the far east but, in many cases, were then ousted by even more radical groups. Places like Barg-i ...

But last spring they returned, making their way to a safe house in the mountains of northern Afghanistan. “We must stand up and defend our freedom, even in front of anything,” one of the men ...

How many caves are there? Thousands. Afghanistan's rugged terrain is honeycombed with natural caverns and man-made tunnels. The Hindu Kush mountains are pocked with caves scooped out of limestone ...

In October, part of their unit was sent to Bagram Airfield to support Operation Mountain Resolve in northeastern Afghanistan. Though the war was just two years old in 2003, the Pennsylvania Guard ...