The Taliban is investigating an Afghan man’s claim to be 140 years old – which, if verified, would make him the oldest person ever to have lived. Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country’s eastern Khost ...

As per Nazir's claim, he would have been in his 30s during the Third Anglo-Afghan war of 1919: the man has claimed that he was not only there during the war, but that he also celebrated the end of ...

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 ...

Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country's eastern Khost province, says he was born in the 1880s. He claims to remember celebrating the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 alongside King Amanullah ...

Vendors say the market dates back to the first Anglo-Afghan war, in the mid-19th century, when this part of Pakistan was contested between Afghan forces and the British. But the market’s most ...

The Taliban is investigating an Afghan man's claim that he is 140 years old - which would make him the oldest person ever to have lived. Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country's eastern Khost province, ...

He claims to remember celebrating the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 alongside King Amanullah Khan, the Afghan leader who launched a campaign against the British, while in his thirties.

The man, identified as Aqel Nazir, claims he was born in the 1880s which would make him the oldest living person on the planet.

Additionally, he claims to remember the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919, during which he would have been in his 30s if his claims are true. "I was in the palace with King Amanullah Khan," he said ...