This is a banal and dreary image of a poet whose work is dazzlingly versatile, ranging from the short ghazal to the epic ... for a two-decade period by the Afghan warlord Ahmed Shah Abdali ...

In addition to many published books, Latif Nazemi has also published several hundred articles in the Afghan and international press. The green birth (Milad-e Sabz, 1975) Shadow and Moor (Saya wa ...

Then, in the decades following the 2002 U.S. invasion, that all changed: she triumphantly returned to sing her beloved pop anthems and ghazals (a poetic Persian ... “When I came from Afghan, it was ...

Wajiha Rastagar performs for members of the Afghan National Civil Order Police in Kabul (2010 ... festival 1082 Asian music festival in Tajikistan - 1986 Artist festival of ghazal, pop and classic ...

They included a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital earlier this month and a May gun attack in the central city of Bamiyan, he added. Both attacks resulted in the deaths of at least ten people ...

A cat, or a squirrel for that matter, has more freedom than women in Afghanistan, Hollywood actress Meryl Streep said in a speech on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, imploring ...

Higher education was abolished for Afghan women when the Taliban took over Afghanistan after U.S. troops withdrew in 2021. Nearly 150 students enrolled at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh ...

Fiona Crack, Controller, BBC Languages BBC World Service’s education programme for Afghan children barred from school, Dars returns for a new series on Saturday 28 September. Supported by Malala ...

PESHAWAR: A clash between Pakistani security forces and the Afghan Taliban on the border near the Kurram district resulted in the death of eight Afghan soldiers, including two ‘key’ commanders ...

Afghan women have turned to social media to protest the latest draconian edict issued by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, which the Biden administration says is aimed at erasing them completely from ...

She and 18 other female Afghan medical students are resuming their studies at Scottish universities after a British nonprofit concluded a years-long effort to bring Afghan women to the country and ...