U.S. - Afghanistan Partnership

The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says that the recruitment of a cartoon lion character to convey the importance of cleanliness and greenery has proved a roaring success.

The farmers of southern Afghanistan have the beginnings of a new local industry after recently attracting an international buyer for their locally processed, stone-shelled almonds.

Five more factories have been established in the industrial park of Kandahar, where there are…

The District Education Representative (DER) Issa Mohammad celebrated the official opening of Amin Kalay School…

Some of Afghanistan’s top news media were recognized for their highly active role in delivering…

Local authorities of southern Helmand province say about 85 reconstruction projects were completed last year in the province.

Hassina Syed, founder and chief executive of Afghanistan’s Syed Group, seems remarkably calm for a mother of three who has spent time in a crowded Kabul jail for failing to pay protection money to the police and has sent her older children to the ...

Afghanistan's national bodybuilding team have won six gold medals in the 43th Asian bodybuilding championship in Kazakhstan and returned home on Tuesday.

Though women’s rights in Afghanistan have improved since the fall of the repressive Taliban regime 12 years ago, many Afghans still believe that a woman should work only in the home, caring for her family. Technology entrepreneur Roya Mahboob is working in clever new ways to change this continuing cultural stereotype.

An impressive climb in the latest Ranking, a consistent increase in registered players, a newly created football league and a wider recognition for women’s football stand out amid Afghanistan’s promising development.

LOWELL -- When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, women could not attend school and were considered second-class citizens in the country.

The Afghan Air Force’s first female pilot to be trained inside Afghanistan in more than 30 years earned her flying wings on Tuesday, after graduating from Undergraduate Pilot Training.

Minister Afzali promised to provide skill-improvement training for those who are currently employed and vocational training for those who need to learn a vocation to become better job candidates.

The Afghanistan Rugby Federation looks to increase participation as it tries to unite the nation in a love of rugby.

Blue Journalism Institute awarded appreciation letters to a number of media agencies in Afghanistan in a bid to support media and journalism in the country.

An Afghan woman journlist is among the three women who have been awarded the 2013 Courage in Journlism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF).

On Friday, 1st May 2013, a Women’s Training Centre was inaugurated in Balkh District of…

There is a new generation of social and political movements springing up—including political and civic groups like Afghanistan 1400 and A3, which stands for Afghanistan Analysis and Awareness—led by young, diverse and independent thinkers and activists. They show a vision, a confidence and seriousness of purpose that stand in contrast to Afghanistan's slowly withering older parties.

KABUL: The organisers of a children's circus try to provide a splash of colour and some moments of joy.

Afghanistan has received a financial boost from the world cricket governing body to develop the sport in the war-ravaged nation, it was announced on Thursday.