Bamiyan is also trying to position itself as a destination for winter sports through the Afghan Ski Challenge, which in 2015 saw 20 international competitors, including from the from the U.S ...

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a shooting in central Afghanistan last week that killed three Spaniards and three Afghans. The attack occurred in Bamiyan province, a significant tourist area ...

The livestock market in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Much of Bamiyan province, in north-central Afghanistan, is above 8,000 feet, so little grows outside of hearty crops like potatoes.

Insurgents have stepped up attacks in the area thought to be Afghanistan's safest, rugged central Bamiyan province, moving into the region in a bid to undermine security ahead of the end-2014 exit ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — Bamiyan is not Helmand province, raging with firefights. But it’s not yet an eco-tourist’s paradise, either. This province in Afghanistan’s stunning central ...

Bamiyan province, known for its vast Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, is attempting to revive its tourism heyday in the 1960s when visitors thronged to its mountains, lakes and impressive ...

Bamiyan, a region dominated by Shiite Hazaras and relatively unaffected by today’s violence ravaging the rest of Afghanistan, will soon be the first of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan where all ...