Nowruz draws large crowds of men to watch the last game of Buzkashi. On the hills, or on city rooftops, some Afghan families engage in the famous “kite fighting” competitions. The sky over Kabul takes ...

Nowruz marks the arrival of spring in Iran but also the beginning of the new year. The same is true in Afghanistan, where the festival serves as the official start of the solar calendar.

By Aimee Ortiz Nowruz, the Persian New Year ... Pakistan’s former tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are plagued by escalating militancy. An effort to overhaul the semiautonomous region ...

In a message on March 20, Araghchi congratulated his counterparts in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and ...

Afghanistan, Central Asia, and among Kurdish, Turkic Uyghur, and Parsi groups. Ancient Origins: Nowruz likely originated as a Zoroastrian festival during the late second or early first millennium BCE.

The show also will be part of the BBC News Afghan Languages festive output for audiences in Afghanistan, where Nowruz celebrations have been banned by the Taliban. Recorded at the BBC Radio ...

Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and India on the ancient and globally renowned event of Nowruz. The Iranian foreign minister wished the people of those countries a new year filled with peace, welfare and ...