A meme circulating on Twitter and Instagram purports to show the difference between Afghanistan in 1960, when the country was still a monarchy, and 2021 Afghanistan, which fell to the Taliban on Aug.

In 1960s Afghanistan, women walked through vibrant, fruit-filled marketplaces without dress restrictions. Modern finance and newspaper buildings were constructed alongside traditional mosques and ...

The four-part series looks at six decades of Afghan history through those who were there. In the 1960s, Afghanistan opened to the world but was at a crossroads. And when communists seized power, a ...

Amidst the ancient artefacts of Afghanistan's National Museum, a seemingly ordinary tour group stood out for one extraordinary reason: every member, including their guide, was a woman. This all-female ...

Horrified by the Taliban's strict dress codes for female students, an Afghanistan historian rallied women to share photos of themselves wearing traditional Afghan dresses. It's a step the women are ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world ...