Two years ago Tuesday, Taliban fighters poured into Afghanistan's capital and the army melted away and President Ashraf Ghani fled for his life. The country that the U.S. and NATO spent nearly 20 ...

Fazelminallah Qazizai was in Kabul on August 15, 2021, when that city fell to the Taliban. He's a journalist. He is NPR's producer in Afghanistan. Here is what he told us last year about that day.

Jamila Afghani, one of Afghanistan’s top women’s-rights activists, credits her success to having had polio as a child. Born in 1976 with a crooked leg that her family blamed on evil spirits, she was ...

The Moradi family sits for a portrait on a small boat in Band-i-Mir lake, one of the tourist attractions in the Bamiyan Valley region in Afghanistan, Saturday, June 17, 2023. The family traveled a ...

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In Afghanistan in 2025, under Taliban rule, women are largely restricted from public life. However, within the confines of their homes, families gather, sharing moments of joy and solidarity through ...

Life in Afghanistan has changed since an increase in violence. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson explains to Renee Montagne that she often covers herself with a traditional burka when reporting outside ...

Life in Afghanistan in 2022 (Kabul) My journey across Afghanistan has just begun, starting in the capital city of Kabul. I arrived exactly 1 year after the Taliban swept to power - and I arrived to ...

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