HERAT, Afghanistan -- The Muslim call to prayer echoes across a dusty field in the western Afghan city of Herat, where five ancient minarets poke precariously into the sky. Trucks, buses, cars, and ...

HERAT, -- Afghanistan’s western province of Herat was once home to a thriving Jewish community that has now all but vanished from the region. Its monuments and properties have either fallen into ...

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A UNESCO team worked closely with local experts to stabilize Herat's fifth minaret in 2003 Experts from the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, are back on the ground in western Afghanistan.

The western Afghan city of Herat fell to the Taliban on 12 th August. (Two days later the capital Kabul also succumbed.) Famously, Herat was once a city of poets, artists, philosophers and artistic ...

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The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers from entering hospitals without wearing a burqa. On November 10, 2025, ...

A month ago, one of Afghanistan's most famous warlords vowed to defend his city from the Taliban as he called for locals to join the fight. But on Friday Ismail Khan was in the Taliban's hands as ...

Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of commandos to Herat as the ongoing clashes intensified in the western city between the Taliban and Afghan security forces. The Afghan ministry of defense said the ...