a rich history, a diverse culture, and some of the most beautiful architecture I’ve seen in the Middle East. I was struck by Afghanistan’s complexity and just how wrong many of the headlines are.

Once a royal palace and exclusive recreational retreat for kings and high-ranking dignitaries, Babur Garden is located in ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist Viktor Ivanovich ...

A Brief History of Women's Rights In Afghanistan Think of women in Afghanistan now, and you'll probably recall pictures in the media of women being forced to wear full-body burqas, perhaps the famous ...

"It is said that Afghan history goes back 5,000 years -- these ancient sites prove it; people lived here," said Mohammed Yaqoub Ayoubi, head of the provincial culture and tourism department.

This is a preview page. Login through your institution for access. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7rx2r.2 The arrival of the United states in Afghanistan to expel ...

Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's millennia-old heritage, including pre-Islamic relics. Even months before their takeover in 2021 ...