Here are 10 facts about Afghanistan that I bet you didn’t know. 1. Arabic is not the official language in Afghanistan. In the USA, we tend to lump Afghanistan in with the Middle East.

Aid groups contracted with the United States have paid at least $10.9 million in fees and taxes to the Taliban so they can ...

An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. troops against the Taliban was detained by ICE officers after he attended a mandatory ...

Afghanistan was by far the largest producer of opium poppies in 1999, and narcotics trafficking is a major source of revenue. GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $800 (1999 est.) GDP ...

Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people ...

Initiated by Donald Trump in 2020 without consulting US allies, the American departure from Kabul unfolded the following year ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Inside a cramped and windowless room at the headquarters of Afghanistan's leading news channel, a group of young editors race against a six o'clock deadline. One fiddles ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the US War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. The United States ...

(KGTV) — A story you might have seen claims Afghanistan has banned people from playing chess. And it's true. The Taliban government has banned chess until further notice because of fears that ...