As Afghanistan descended into Civil War during the late 1980s and early 1990s, thousands of SCUDs were used to combat ...

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, religions ...

As Afghanistan still struggles to find an elusive peace, here are a selection of his powerful and poignant photographs taken during the 1980s and 1990s. Afghan guerrilla fighter passes Soviet ...

Afghanistan has been trapped in a relentless cycle of war and destruction. While much of the world’s attention has focused on ...

Nor could it be. Complete documentation of the most serious atrocities committed in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s, when it is accomplished, will require broad-based and long-term efforts ...

Afghanistan’s ethnic diversity has been at ... famed for resisting occupation not only by the Soviet military in the 1980s but also by the first Taliban regime. While not politically dominant ...

Founded by Sirajuddin Haqqani's father, Jalaluddin Haqqani in the 1980s, the Haqqani network started out as a CIA-backed anti-Soviet outfit operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Image: Qatar ...