Afghanistan experienced three main periods of deflation, with the lastest being the longest. This paper investigates the macroeconomic factors influencing inflation dynamics in the short and long run, ...

The Estonian Song Celebration (Laulupidu) is a cultural phenomenon that, every five years, unites a vast choir for a single ...

Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has ...

The fraught relationship between the U.S. and Iran isn't new. U.S. involvement in, and conflict with, Iran is complicated and ...

In Afghanistan, the rapid turnover of ambassadors and generals, along with the deployment of a new division every year or two, was the antithesis of building a learning organization.

In 2022, after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban regained power, Afghans reported an average life satisfaction of 1.28 on a scale from 0 to 10—or from the worst possible life ...

What is the history between India and Pakistan? When Britain granted India independence, the country was split in two intendent states, India and Pakistan, predominantly along Hindu and Muslim lines.

After years of fighting, Afghanistan's women's cricket team has now won support from the sport's governing body. One exiled player told DW this marks a significant leap in a long, grueling battle.

October 2016 - Part of the Rakkasan brigade deploys to Kosovo. Fall 2016 - About 1,400 soldiers from the Rakkasan brigade deploy to Afghanistan. January 2017 - The Strike brigade returns from Mosul.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that President Biden made the right strategic call to withdraw from Afghanistan three years ago and that history reflects well on that decision ...

Here are some important events in the timeline of the U.S. war and withdrawal from Afghanistan, as reported at the time and cataloged by the Council on Foreign Relations. September 11, 2001 ...

Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans female education. Dec. 24, 2022 — The Taliban bar Afghan women from working with national and international nongovernmental groups.