The ancient festival of Nowruz is celebrated in over 10 countries, including Afghanistan, as a symbol of nature’s renewal. It ...

The Tajiks are the second-biggest ethnic group ... with strongholds in the Panjshir Valley, the western city of Herat and some northern provinces. A brief guide to the crisis in Yemen The Panjshir ...

Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more "Tajik-style" and not wear either revealing Western clothes or Islamic head coverings -- supposedly to reinforce national ...

5 Such support was crucial in the Taliban's successful offensives on Herat in August 1995 and in ... by feuds among the various factions: the Tajik-dominated Jamiat-i Islami of Burhanuddin Rabbani ...

Khaf (Iran)-Herat railway, already operational since 2020, links Mashhad-Bafq Line, connecting Bandar Abbas. FNRC also enables Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, currently reliant on Uzbekistan rail/road ...

A source in the Tajik security services told Reuters the convicted people were all tied to Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghan offshoot of Islamic State. A shirt bearing ISIS insignia ...

The map below shows the location of Herat and Mashhad. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

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Tajikistan said Wednesday it would publish a new book updating the country’s dress “guidelines” for women, tightening the secular state’s policing of women’s clothing. Authorities in the ...

Tupac-Inspired Afghan Rappers Freestyle in Herat Brothers Sami and Shaheed of Herat, Afghanistan grew up listening to Tupac Shakur. Now they use rap to critique their country's politics and society.