The U.S. government has a checkered history of helping persecuted masses, but it has held that aspiration since its founding ...

A refugee family in Irmo, South Carolina fears a new U.S. travel ban will prevent their niece from escaping Taliban rule and ...

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son walked at times for 36 hours in a row over mountain passes as they left ...

Mohammad Sharafoddin and his family escaped Afghanistan, aiming for a better life in the US. With a recent travel ban targeting several countries including Afghanistan, their dreams of reuniting ...

Afghanistan was struck by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake on Sunday, following a 4.2 magnitude quake on Saturday. The shallow ...

The Hindu Kush mountain range, which stretches across northeastern Afghanistan, is part of a highly seismically active zone where earthquakes are frequent due to the region's complex tectonic setting.

April 12 (UPI) --Citizens of Afghanistan and Cameroon no longer have temporary protected status in the United States, Department of Homeland Security officials announced. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ...

In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley. It was “one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to ...

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 ...

Afghanistan, hemmed in by mountains, has a long history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Death tolls often rise when remote locations are hit ...

Eastern Afghanistan’s province of Nuristan is a green oasis in a country largely in the grip of desertification. The area is replete with tree-covered mountains and clear rivers that wind ...