Band-e Amir, situated around 3,000 metres (9,840 ft) above sea level and a couple of hours drive from the renowned Buddhist sites of Bamiyan, usually attracts thousands of visitors a year seeking ...

The winter landscape around the deep, blue mountain lakes of Band-e-Amir in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan presents an arresting spectacle empty of people - but the absence of visitors is ...

Across 600 kilometres of hard, winding roads, Marwa and Aisha have returned to the mountains of Badakhshan and the land of ...

FILE - In this 1984 file photo, Afghan guerrilla leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud, center, is surrounded by Mujahideen commanders at a meeting of the rebels in the Panjshir Valley in northeast Afghanistan.

The Associated Press SURMAD, Afghanistan - U.S. bombers pounded al-Qaida and Taliban positions in the eastern mountains of Afghanistan on Sunday after a 1,500-strong coalition ground attack the day ...

The U.S. retreat from Afghanistan has torn at our heartstrings and caused the not-for-profit Mountain Bike Afghanistan to redouble our efforts. As we like to say it is a long race, and one pedal at a ...

Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most ...