The Taliban were formed out of this violence and chaos, and now the organization asserts itself over Afghanistan once again. A Modern History Of Afghanistan And The Taliban People around the world ...

practiced in the Pushto-speaking belt of Pakistan and Afghanistan since time immemorial. The working principals of the Jirga are community based and fact finding; it acts like a modern jury system.

Afghanistan has been the battleground of global struggles and its own brutal civil wars. Robert Crews, a professor of history at Stanford University, talks about the country's modern history.

She has published two books, the second being ‘Afghan Crucible,’ which is on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the international reaction.” Leake’s goal is to make complex histories accessible.

Let us look at the recent turmoil in Afghanistan in the light of modern history. The modern “Age of Revolutions” in which systems of exercising power are changed began in the 17th century in ...

Eskenazi expressed a similar sentiment about Buddhist art: “You tell me what Afghanistan has to do with Gandhara — I mean, modern-day Afghanistan.” When I recounted the story of the Hamburg ...

Host Pete Hegseth spoke with a group of veterans who are banding together and mobilizing assets to get Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan ... on Fox Nation's "Modern Warriors: Afghan ...

At the time of the Indus Valley civilization, Hindu religion flourished among the people mainly living in the Hindu Kush, Afghania, in modern Afghanistan, which remained in regular touch during ...

1919: Afghanistan wins independence from nominal British control. 1973: Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan ousts his cousin King Zahir Shah in bloodless coup, becomes a president and declares Afghanistan a ...

In those years, the poetry scene that Khpalwak was part of embodied modern Afghanistan. Men and women took part in sher jangi, a traditional game that's a mix between a poetry slam and a rap ...

Kabul is facing a severe water crisis, potentially becoming the first modern city to completely run out of water. Groundwater ...