In various corners of the country—in Khost and Kandahar, in Herat and Kabul—I've met young women like Shkola. They're writing not the old landays but poems and novels, and they're making ...

In the central prison of western Herat province, a place often associated with“privations and imprisonment,” dozens of inmat ...

Five people, including a child, were killed when a vehicle plunged into Pashdan Dam in Herat following a collision.

According to Khaama Press, the Taliban have now banned chess in yet another move to curb entertainment and sports. The Taliban had returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 after rigorous infighting of ...

The sound of coughing constantly echoes from the corner of a women’s wool-spinning workshop in the Khush neighbourhood of central Herat – a dimly-lit, dust-filled space where 10 women work 10 ...