Afghanistan’s opium poppy cultivation grew in 2024 despite a Taliban-imposed ban, according to a United Nations report. Cultivation increased by an estimated 19 percent this year, the report published ...

Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported Wednesday, despite a Taliban government ban ...

Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a ...

The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in August 2021 marked one of the most contentious and chaotic moments in recent American military history. What s ...

Director Najiba Noori films her mother Hawa and her niece Zahra in their aspirations to emancipate themselves from patriarchal traditions,” says a synopsis of the doc that is world premiering at IDFA.

While we don't know yet who will win Tuesday's election, there are already some clear winners and losers in this year's cycle ...

Pakistani officials said on Tuesday they were aware the Maldives government had recalled its ambassador to Pakistan after he met with the Afghan Taliban government’s top diplomat in Islamabad without ...

Qatar has opened a snap poll to decide whether to end its limited voting for legislative seats. The measure is likely to pass ...

The plays “Touch” and “From Kabul with Love” are the winners of Theatre Aspen’s 2024 Solo Flights Project Advancement Fund grants. The winners will receive $10,000 to help fund future productions of ...

Pakistan’s parliament has passed legislation to extend the tenures of military chiefs from three to five years ...

Nelofar and Shaqaeq Ahmadi run Royal Chicken and Kabab at 259 Lisbon Street months after their arrival in Maine.

One Step Away is a roughly ten minute long documentary. The film, which was written and produced by SCAD alumni, had its West Coast premier on October 24 at the La Femme International Film Festival in ...