Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world.Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...

Gravekeeper Aynullah Rahimi unlocks a door at the British Cemetery in the Sherpur neighbourhood of Kabul, home to generations of foreign fighters, explorers and ...

Amidst the ancient artefacts of Afghanistan's National Museum, a seemingly ordinary tour group stood out for one extraordinary reason: every member, including their guide, was a woman. This all-female ...

pt. 1. Introduction. -- The land -- The people -- pt. 2. The historical background. -- Prehistory and Bronze Age civilisations -- Iron Age and the Iranians -- Alexander and the establishment of Greek ...