Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

In 1978, a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist ... At the time of the burials, Bactria was on the Silk Road that linked China with the West, a region ...

The region that is now Afghanistan seems to have been mainly Buddhist on the eve of the Muslim conquests in the 7th century CE. Much of the Silk Road economy was in the hands of Buddhist traders and ...

Richard Holbrooke, the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), wanted no part of it either. Since nobody else in Washington wanted to develop policy for a New Silk Road either ...

Inida's famous monk also came to central China's Henan through Pakistan and Afghanistan, Silk Road in 147 AD and 401 AD respectively, to translate Buddhist books and enroll thousands of disciples.

Painter Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009), who painted Silk Road landscapes throughout his career, visited Afghanistan in 1968. He traveled there to see huge images of Buddha carved into a rock face ...

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

The modern Afghan restaurant Jaji opened in Jan. 2025 ... recalling the history of spices being used as currency along the Silk Road. There’s also a Salaamati with scotch, Rooh Afza syrup ...

He remained in Afghanistan for more than a decade ... A distinctive horseshoe-shaped bar featuring wine, beer and Silk Road- and Mediterranean-inspired cocktails sits at the center of the action.