The four young Thomas Shelbys walking around Herat. Screenshot from YouTube/Herat-Mic The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a ...

“This is a matter of saving the culture of Afghanistan,” Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said to a parliamentary committee this morning as he pled with the UK government to house dozens of ...

Artworks created by over 40 renowned Afghan artists and cultural figures will go on display during the exhibition in different sections, including painting, drawing and carpet weaving. Iranian ...

For decades, the world's image of Afghanistan has been shaped almost exclusively by conflict, crisis and the headlines. In his ambitious new book, Afghanistan, photographer Daniel Malikyar hopes to ...

War & Peace & War: Twenty Years in Afghanistan. By Andrew North. Ithaka Press; 352 pages; £25 Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation. By Sune Rasmussen. Farrar, Straus & ...

Photograph taken for 'Afghanistan' by Daniel Malikyar. Image courtesy of Daniel Malikyar. For decades, the world’s view of Afghanistan has mostly been shaped by the media. Civilian life has remained ...

Sarwat Najib empowers through fashion, while bringing Afghan culture to central Wisconsin. Originally from Kabul, fashion designer Sarwat Najib brings Afghan artistry to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her ...

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, and the Director of the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, Nancy Dupree. “Keeping History Alive” a ...

Over 1,000 Afghan refugees have settled into permanent housing in Des Moines since 2021. Afghan community leaders are seeking $250,000 to purchase a building for a mosque and cultural center. The ...

The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign ...