When the Inter-Con opened in 1969, Afghanistan was “unimaginably different from today”, said William Dalrymple in The Guardian. A modernising monarch, Zahir Shah, was on the throne; Kabul was known as the “Paris of the east”. “Memoirs of the time describe a world of mini-skirts, jazz clubs, bowling alleys and ice cream parlours.”

It's been four years since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's return to power. Life for certain groups has deteriorated significantly. But the Trump administration says Afghanistan’s conditions have improved in recent years to the ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has condemned Pakistan’s recent airstrikes in Kabul and Paktika provinces as an unprecedented and violent act in the history of both countries, warning that “any escalation following these actions would have consequences for the Pakistani military.”

The death toll soared past 1,400 people with thousands more injured in the strong earthquake that hit Afghanistan, the Taliban said Tuesday, as rescuers battled to reach survivors trapped in remote areas. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid put the ...