(CNN) --Wedged between the Middle East, south Asia and central Asia, Afghanistan occupies a pivotal place in world geography and world history. Its location has helped draw a diversity of cultures ...

Tarzi thanked God for the happy termination of... The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1921 freed Afghanistan from British suzerainty and marked the beginning of a new era in the history of Afghanistan. While ...

A Brief History of Women's Rights In Afghanistan Think of women in Afghanistan now, and you'll probably recall pictures in the media of women being forced to wear full-body burqas, perhaps the famous ...

"Afghanistan has probably had -- my reading of Afghanistan history -- it's probably had an insurgency forever, of some kind." Harper's blunt assessment comes as nearly 2,800 Canadian forces are ...

"This isn't the end. We've just started," Afghan said. "I think the Afghanistan women's history is now about starting again. I think the happy spot will come because you know, if you see the past ...

Meaning “golden hill,” Tillya Tepe is located in Bactria, an ancient region located in what is now part of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. It is thought the hoard was buried by ...

Cricket in Afghanistan has a long history and dates back to the first rule of the Islamic Emirate when the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was established in 1995. During the current period ...