When a cockfight begins in Kabul, the noise is immediate. Roars of “Hit!” and “Kill!” erupt among spectators as two birds ...

It’s been less than a week since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan’s major cities, and in those days, the VERIFY team investigated several viral images or videos social media users ...

Photos from before and after the regime change highlight the new way of life in Afghanistan. Life in Afghanistan this month looks starkly different than it did just one year prior.

The photos, starting in 1988, span Afghanistan's immediate post-Soviet era, the agonizing civil war of the 1990s, the period of Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, the U.S. invasion after the attacks ...

Surreal photos show what it’s like to be on the ground in Afghanistan October 28, 2022 An Afghan soldier and an American soldier patrol Kandahar’s poppy fields during the 2011 opium harvest.

There's a heartbreaking truth behind an infamous photo taken over 40 years ago, and it will change the way you look at it ...

Afghanistan, The Only Country Where Images Of Living Things Are Banned October 22, ... In 2021, Afghanistan became the only country in the world to ban teenage girls from going to school.

The first earthquake. The first major earthquake hit 25 miles northwest of Herat city, in Herat province on October 7. The province is one of the most populated in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s Art Scene Weighs in On Taliban Move to Ban Images of Living Things Cultural organizations are doing what they can to keep the nation’s powerful artistic representations alive ...