The ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan was discovered in the 1960s, but its demise has captivated archaeologists ...

By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was ...

TEHRAN—Nehbandan ancient Asbads, traditional vertical-axis windmills used for grain grinding, are to be repaired, a tourism ...

Artifacts from Afghanistan's National Museum on display at Musée Guimet in Paris in 2006. These objects range in date from the 1st to 3rd centuries, and were recovered from Afghanistan's Tillya ...

Cultural crossroads. Afghanistan is at the centre - the crossroads - of ancient civilisations stretching back at least 3,000 years. Its richness and strategic importance - located as it once was ...

Afghanistan restores 40 ancient monuments. 1w. Khabib Ghufran, a spokesman for the Afghan interim government, said the monuments were repaired in seven provinces.

Four deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquakes and dozens of powerful aftershocks struck Afghanistan’s western region between 7 and 15 October, devastating much of its rural areas. The territory around ...

This ancient settlement was home to a major Hellenistic city from the late 4th century BC to the mid-2nd century BC, whose original name rema At the confluence of the Kokcha River and the Amu Darya, ...

Despite warnings over safety, foreign tourists are now starting to trickle into conflict-ravaged Afghanistan, welcomed by locals and the hardline Taliban regime.

Clandestine-like meetings . A deputy minister in the Taliban's government described having to travel more than 300 miles to the ancient city of Kandahar to meet with the country's leader.. Once ...

When the Taliban came to power in 1996 the surviving cultural fragments of Afghanistan were protected - or at least tolerated. But by 2000 the approach of the Taliban ruling factions changed.