There are no paved roads linking the craggy, mineral-rich mountains of northeast Afghanistan’s Konar and Nurestan provinces to the outside world, while abundant and more accessible reserves are ...

The Wakhjir Pass connects Wakhan District to China being the only border crossing. This route is one of the centuries-old trade highways, the 'Silk Route' between Central, South and East Asia, and ...

Yi-Pin Lin, a tourist from the United States, and his Afghan guide, Hijrat Ullah Sahak, visiting a mountain lake in Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan. With the war now ...

Most of the roads which pass through the mountains have been closed due to ... Winters are always harsh here in Afghanistan but this is the worst weather in a decade. And this year's relief ...

The Hazara community is Afghanistan's third largest ethnic group ... Villagers said they had escaped to the mountains when fighting intensified between government forces and Taliban fighters.