KABUL, June 6 (UNHCR) - Gul Salam wants to return to Afghanistan, and he won't let mountains stand in his way. "I have been waiting for this moment for 23 years," said the 60-year-old Afghan refugee ...

On Feb. 3, 2005, 104 people aboard an Afghan airliner died when it crashed in the mountains near Kabul. It was Afghanistan's ...

GULRUDDIN OUTPOST, Afghanistan -- U.S. forces scored a strategic victory against the Taliban four months ago when they seized a mountain pass that had enabled suicide bombers to make their way from ...

In spring 2025, Freshta Ibrahimi aims to make history—by becoming the first Afghan woman to summit the highest peak in the world. Yet while climbing Mount Everest is a bucket list achievement for any ...

Afghan troops warned the operation to dislodge the regrouping Taliban and al-Qaida forces from their hide-outs in the mountain caves here in Paktia province was far from over. "You can't do everything ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Fighting between NATO forces and insurgents has erupted in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora, best known as the rugged labyrinth where Osama bin Laden evaded U.S. capture ...

BONAVASH, Afghanistan -- The village of Bonavash is slowly starving. Besieged by the Taliban and crushed by years of drought, people on this remote mountain have resorted to eating bread made from ...

Soar above the ancient and dramatic landscapes of Afghanistan with this breathtaking drone video. Witness the colossal scale of the Hindu Kush mountain range, with its snow-capped peaks and deep, ...

KHENJ, Afghanistan — General Manegy’s luck turned one day when he spotted a fallen rock at his feet while watching over his goats on a winding mountain path. Inside a broken shell of quartz was a ...