Afghanistan's 800-year-old Minaret of Jam is under threat from floods and militants.
A Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in the capital, Kabul, killed several foreign crew members of the country’s largest airline, which forced Kam Air to drastically reduce domestic flights, which has prevented millions of Afghans from flying.
Women’s rights campaigners in Ghor say dozens of forced and child marriages take place every year.
Following his purported marriage to a 6-year-old bride, an Afghan mullah has been arrested and charged by police.
RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan has obtained disturbing video footage of the apparent stoning to death for adultery of a young woman in the western province of Ghor.
One of only two women serving as governors in Afghanistan, Sima Joyenda didn't expect things to be easy upon her appointment to lead Ghor Province. But the death threats amid calls for her to resign are something new.
Powerful armed bands are confiscating voter registration cards in some of Afghanistan’s remote provinces, interfering with elections whose transparency is viewed as critical for the country’s future security and stability.
