The formal recognition of an Afghanistan women’s refugee team on the international stage isn’t just about soccer for former player and activist Khalida Popal.

Afghanistan's capital is in the grip of a water crisis - Nestled in a high-altitude valley in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul is rapidly running out of water

This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical education. The Taliban have also banned women in some ...

Friday's earthquake had an epicenter in the Hindu Kush mountain range, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center and U.S. Geological Survey.

Afghan civil society activists and United Nations experts held a meeting in Geneva on Monday focused on justice, accountability and restoring the rule of law in Afghanistan amid continuing human rights concerns under Taliban rule.

A column of U.S. Marines advance to a security position after seizing a Taliban forward-operating base in an unspecified location in Afghanistan on Nov. 25, 2001. U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Joseph Chenelly. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Joseph ...

A highly-respected Special Forces sniper who went on multiple overseas deployments has died after colliding with a fellow paratrooper during an exercise.