In “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the BBC journalist Lyse Doucet tells the story of a country through what was once its most luxurious hotel.

Media reported on Wednesday afternoon an explosion and fire in Kabul city. Sources told local media in Afghanistan that explosions occurred in District 15 of Kabul city in the area of Fourth Street ...

Children in an informal settlement in Kabul, in a photo from 2013, operate a hand pump. Photo © EU – EC/ECHO/Pierre Prakash Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan and ...

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban rulers. Hamdullah Namony told reporters ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men, the interim mayor of Afghanistan’s ...

Shortly before a ceasefire brought an end to a week of violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in which dozens of ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan late Sunday into Monday, with tremors felt in Kabul. This event ...

War-Weary residents spin, drop and bump for a momentary respite. Characters that resemble Jerry the mouse from Tom and Jerry and Minnie Mouse welcome visitors at Afghanistan's first amusement park ...

The city, the spiritual headquarters of the Taliban regime, was the scene of heavy strikes Tuesday, aimed primarily at fuel depots. At a Pentagon briefing Wednesday, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John ...