A man shows a Persian language version of a Chinese book at a bookstore in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua) The culture ...

As the world marked World Book and Copyright Day on Wednesday, bookstores in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, were ...

High in the rugged cliffs of Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley, two colossal statues once gazed out over a land crisscrossed by ...

Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Saturday, expressed worry that activities of some presumed Islamic fundamentalists across the World and in Nigeria are painting Islam in a bad ...

Traveling from Hong Kong to Mainland China, I reflect on the rapid transformation of China while reading insightful books ...

Growing up, Ilham Uddin Hussaini used to chase kites with his friends in Afghanistan to escape the realities of a war he didn't really understand. Today, he's chasing a long-held dream of owning a ...

Perhaps no one in the world has made such catastrophic tech flubs this year as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The ...

The first glimmers of public discontent emerged in American music. In 1963 Bob Dylan condemned the “Masters of War” who “hide ...

Experts point out that this concern does not extend to Afghanistan’s intangible heritage. Music, dance, folklore, and any artistic expression involving women remain strictly prohibited under the group ...

The chaotic US military pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021 became a hot campaign issue in the 2024 presidential election ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in ...