Until now, many of the troubling events that took place during the war in Afghanistan have been shrouded in secrecy.

Rachel Lehr says Afghan women are much less liberated than American women. “They value interdependence rather than the independence which we value in American culture,” said Lehr, a research scholar ...

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Growing up, Aliannah Shalikar noticed just how little people actually knew about Afghanistan. She would see inaccurate media portrayals of Afghan people, such as war movies that only highlighted ...

This article explores the process leading to the Afghan government's decision to implement a prohibition and eradication of opium in the northeastern province of Badakhshan. It explores why Daud chose ...

Eighty years ago, King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan embarked on a series of radical reforms, highlighted by his move to emancipate women. At one public event, his wife, Queen Soraya, removed her veil ...

Most of us know or have heard about how badly women are treated in Afghanistan. Schools and jobs are not open to them, especially in culturally-conservative rural areas. So when they see American ...

Jersey City Theater Center will present the Afghan quartet known as Heart of Afghanistan at White Eagle Hall on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. Heart of Afghanistan’s music is meant to give a 360-degree ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Afghan Cultural Society held a grand opening to celebrate its very first office space in Minneapolis on Thursday. "I am just full of love right now. We are very fortunate to be here ...

Beyond the large, bright windows at the Afghan Cultural Society, immigrant-owned restaurants and colorful murals line a bustling Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis. Peek inside, and there's a calmer scene: ...

The final evacuation of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan played out in real-time across screens back in 2021, so it makes sense that it would become fodder for new action flicks on the big screen.

As Kabul resists action against the Pakistan Taliban, Islamabad is left to weigh military strikes and expulsions.