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A woman wearing a red long-sleeved shirt stands with her arms crossed in a luxurious, well-lit lobby with chandeliers and ornate columns.
Infrastructure
A discussion about Kabul’s iconic hotel through the years
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Conflict & Justice
‘Nowhere is safe’: The teenage guitarists who fled Afghanistan — and are now in limbo
6:06
Afghan women and children sit in front of a bakery waiting for bread donations in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘It is a catastrophe’: Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says
Newly trained female officers from the Afghan National Army sit in front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul on Sept. 23, 2010. 
Afghanistan
Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan
US Black Hawk military helicopters fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2021.
Refugees
Afghans who fled to Turkey are worried — and hopeful — about the prospect of peace at home
Arts, Culture & Media
Afghanistan’s Antiquities in Peril
A still image from a video posted by the Taliban on social media on Dec. 19, 2016, shows American Caitlan Coleman, left, speaking next to her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle and their sons.
Conflict
Pakistan describes freeing US Canadian family from the Taliban, but officials doubt the story
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan May 4th, 2017
Conflict
Notorious Afghan warlord returns to Kabul on May the Fourth
A police cadet injured during the attack on the Police Training Center lies in bed in a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.
Conflict
Attackers kill dozens of sleeping cadets at Pakistani police academy in Quetta
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier speaks on a radio at an outpost in Helmand province, December 20, 2015.
Conflict
Afghanistan can’t control the Taliban since the Taliban controls the drug trade
'Solar mamas' bring light to Zanzibar
Conflict
Saving Christians, fighting a scourge, bringing light: The year in hope
Women turned out for an election campaign event in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan last year.
Conflict
The Taliban had a hit list of working women when they took over Kunduz
Afghanistan
Conflict
Uncertainty abounds for Afghan city after Taliban takeover
Afghan National Army soldiers fire artillery during a battle with Taliban insurgents in Kunduz on April 29, 2015.
Conflict
Afghan officials say ISIS and the Taliban have joined forces in at least one province
Shabana Basij-Rasikh created the School of Leadership Afghanistan to help other young Afghan women improve their lives.
Conflict
An Afghan woman’s journey from ‘secret school’ to mentoring a generation of girls
Mohammad Jibran Nasir is a 28-year-old Pakistani lawyer turned civil rights activist.
Justice
Meet the Pakistani activist fighting the Taliban, igniting Pakistani students abroad
Supporters of Pakistani political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek hold signs to condemn the attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School in Peshawar during a rally in Lahore on December 21, 2014.
Conflict
Pakistan’s patience with terrorism may finally have run out
An army soldier stands by blood on the floor at the Army Public School, which was attacked by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar on December 17, 2014.
Conflict
A survivor of Pakistan’s school massacre tells how his teacher saved his life
Afghan mother, Rezagul, and daughter who attacked Taliban
Conflict
An Afghan mother’s revenge attack on the Taliban makes her a national hero
A security official prevents members of the media from approaching a damaged police bus at the site of an explosion in Karachi targeting policemen on February 13, 2014.
Justice
How the Taliban took control of organized crime in Pakistan’s largest city
A man clears debris from the tarmac of Jinnah International Airport, after Sunday's attack by Taliban militants on Sunday, in Karachi June 10, 2014. Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed into Pakistan's busiest airport on Sunday night, tr
Conflict & Justice
Pakistan’s largest city is being attacked by a different kind of Taliban
Bergdahl family
Conflict & Justice
The US released senior Taliban officials in exchange for Sergeant Bergdahl
Bergdahl family
Conflict & Justice
The US released senior Taliban officials in exchange for Sergeant Bergdahl
A billboard calling for the release of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, is shown in this picture taken near Spokane, Washington on February 25, 2014. Bergdahl has been released
Conflict & Justice
Like Sergeant Bergdahl, reporter David Rohde knows about being a prisoner of the Taliban
A billboard calling for the release of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, is shown in this picture taken near Spokane, Washington on February 25, 2014. Bergdahl has been released
Conflict & Justice
Like Sergeant Bergdahl, reporter David Rohde knows about being a prisoner of the Taliban
Global Politics
The Afghan election is a great start, but Pakistan continues to destabilize the country