The report addresses issues such as US aid to Afghanistan, the situation of women and girls, security, the economy, counter-narcotics efforts, recent developments, SIGAR's monitoring process, the ...

With a magnitude of 8.8, the earthquake in Russia’s far-eastern corner is one of the strongest on record. Its epicentre lies ...

Afghanistan is seeing the emergence of local female tour guides, in a country whose Taliban government imposes the world’s ...

Himachal Pradesh is the largest and currently the only significant producer of hing (asafoetida) in India. For centuries, ...

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing ...

The Pentagon’s review into the withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to an overhaul of how young enlisted leaders and officers are evaluated and promoted.

The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Then the water dried up. Springs and canals vanished and when it did rain, the water came all at once, flooding fields and melting away the ...

The Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain regions — stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar — hold more ice than anywhere else outside the Arctic and Antarctic. Their glaciers feed major rivers that ...

An Israeli-American hiker was rescued following a harrowing 9-day disappearance in the Himalayas when he miraculously came across a remote village and was finally able to reach the mainland.

The commission will hold a multipanel hearing on what for many is a defining point of the war: President Barack Obama’s troop surge in late 2009.

Discover the new Royal Enfield Himalayan with a 750cc engine, offering more power and torque for adventure motorcycle enthusiasts.

Dr. Najmussama Shefajo's clinic was flooded with new patients after the Taliban banned women from nursing and midwife training courses back in December.