Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s leaders have often been concerned about the intentions of foreigners wanting to build railways into their country –…

According to the Makhzan-ul-Islam of Akhund Darweza, Bayazid was an Ormur (Warmur) from Kaniguram (South Waziristan).…

For centuries the long and narrow valley of Kunar with Pashat as its main town had been ruled by a Pashtunized Sayyid family…

Mughal badhsha Babur in 1505 writes , "Ghazni is a poor and insignificant place, and I have…

After Islamic invasion of Afghanistan, Pashtuns have ruled Indian subcontinent several times. Those Pashtun Families or tribes who…

 A short tower can seem imposing on a featureless plain. A tiny word can say a lot if it’s on a blank wall. And 40 simple steps…

In the 18th century during the internal war when wazir Fateh Khan, brother of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, was…

Maiwand is a small village town in Afghanistan, about 45 miles from Kandahar that gained fame during the second Anglo-Afghan War…

In 1961, King Mohammed Zaher shah of Afghanistan was on a hunting trip in Takhar province of north-east Afghanistan. It was…

In May 1879 about seventy miles east of Kabul an Irish photographer by the name of John Burke was producing some of the first…