It’s easy to see why Herat – the third-largest city in Afghanistan – has such a Persian flavor to it: the town sits j...

In the mid-20s of the 20th century, on the outskirts of Kabul, German architects built a palace for the royal family ...

The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developm...

The Khyber Pass certainly falls into that wide category of places not currently on the menu for the traveler in Afgha...

The breathtaking reaches of the Band-e Amir became home to the first ever national park in Afghanistan back in 2009. ...

While the town of Samangan is an ancient caravan stop on the periphery routes of the old Silk Road, that claim to fam...

Hailed as the epicenter of the Bactrian Empire of old, the aged town of Balkh has a history going back almost 4,000 y...

The 65m-tall Minaret of Jam is a graceful, soaring structure, dating back to the 12th century. Covered in elaborate b...

Area: 488,53 sq. km., volume: 1463,63 cubic meters, depth avg: 3 m, shore length: 244,73 m, res time: 538, elevation:...

Area: 1218,86 sq. km., volume: 24174,9 cubic meters, depth avg: 19,799999 m, shore length: 534,51001 m, res time: -1,...