Nangalem, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2004: An Afghan elder walks down an unpaved and rocky mountain road.

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Michael Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, during a deployment as a Green Beret to ...

Pakistan’s targeted strikes on December 4, 2024 on the training camps of the self-styled Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Birmal area of eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The unusual use of front-line troops on border comes after Trump ordered the military to give priority to border security.

By Azam Ahmed Azam Ahmed, a Times correspondent and former bureau chief in Afghanistan ... a trailer banked on a snowy mountain pass. Holes were bored into its sides to ventilate a sputtering ...

Editor's note: If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women are banned ...

In a remote village in Tajikistan's soaring mountains, Muslikhiddin Makhmudzoda relies on a mobile phone to light his modest ...

The Harirud River, also known as Hari and Tejen, flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to Turkmenistan, passing along Iran’s borders with both countries. In May 2023, Iran issued a ...