Note from Mark: I can personally attest to what Soraya says about the lakes at Band-i-Amir. On one of my trips to Afghanistan for USA TODAY in 2002 and 2003, I had the opportunity to go that part ...

Sen. Ben Nelson suggested Thursday the possibility of using designated benchmarks to assess progress in Afghanistan.

Jazz musician Raelyn Nelson Band's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.

Nelson will serve in Afghanistan until May. Sylvia Howell, Nelson's mother, said she is no longer at her old address, Soft South, VSP Garang, APO AE 09355, but is being sent to a different area.

Ignoring Warnings, a Growing Band of Tourists Venture to Afghanistan With the war now over, the Taliban are welcoming foreign travelers, even as governments advise their citizens to stay away.

Nelson, who is 91, also canceled his first scheduled performances last week in his Outlaw Music Festival Tour.

In a harrowing moment, Nelson, on horseback, knew it was up to him to motivate the fighters. So, like the Civil War generals he so admired, Nelson charged ahead. The soldiers followed.

The Moravia community recently said goodbye to a beloved band teacher. After more than twenty years of dedication to students’ grades five through twelve, Mrs. Lise Nelson, band director at ...

Lukas Nelson and his band Promise Of The Real became victims of theft during a tour stop in Seattle this week.

Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai led the 2023 Nelson Mandela lecture calling on the world to recognise and criminalise the gender apartheid plaguing Afghanistan under the Taliban rule.

While the project highlights music-making from Nelson County, its recent grant has musical ties a bit more northward. The Bama Works Fund was established by the Charlottesville-based Dave Matthews ...