In Kabul’s alleys and courtyards, boys in white caps and tunics recite verses from the Quran in a growing network of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has stranded between 100 and 200 American citizens who want to return to the state s. One of them - a young boy born near Sacramento.

Afghanistan remains the only country in the world that prohibits girls and women from getting general education at secondary and higher levels.

Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country’s convoluted politics, Åsne Seierstad's "The Afghans" follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby ...

ISLAMABAD -- Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families.

At the peak of the war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama's troop surge in late 2009, about 110,000 service members were deployed to the country at a given time.

At the peak of the war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama’s troop surge in late 2009, about 110,000 service members were deployed to the country at a given time.