2020

Afghanistan marked the signing of the Rawalpindi Treaty of August 8, 1919 as its official Day of Independence (celebrated in…

Usually in ceasefires the antagonists stay put in their combat positions, the guns fall silent, humanitarian services are given a…

Partition remains a painful memory for many communities across both sides of the border. Many families had their entire lives…

Elephants (pil in Pashto and fil in Dari) are not indigenous to Afghanistan. However, they have had a significant presence in and…

Azad Khan Afghan was the son of Suleiman Khan from Andar, Ghazni, who became the Shah of Iran after death of Nadir Afshar.…

Sri Lanka experienced major waves of immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when throngs of immigrants from…

What makes Ahmad Shah distinct from other Afghan conquerors in the past was that he intended to conquer other lands to build his…

hen asked to visualize modern-day Afghanistan, images of a war-torn nation under the control of the Taliban often comes to mind.…

Pashto is a language spoken by some 40 million people. It is the national language of Afghanistan and the Frontier Province and…

The First World War brought a level of destruction that the world had never seen before. At the start of the war, only the French,…