KABUL, June 6 (UNHCR) - Gul Salam wants to return to Afghanistan, and he won't let mountains stand in his way. "I have been waiting for this moment for 23 years," said the 60-year-old Afghan refugee ...

The young female climbers became the first to scale a nearly 17,000-foot peak in Afghanistan. As jubilant as the American-led ascent was, the... Afghan Female Climbing Team Faced Daunting Obstacles ...

The Afghan mountaineer continues his global climbing mission to inspire Afghan youth and support the development of skiing, mountaineering, and mountain safety initiatives in Afghanistan. Sam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty In spring 2025, Freshta Ibrahimi aims to make history—by becoming the first Afghan woman to summit ...

Russian counter-narcotics agents teamed up with U.S. and Afghan forces in an unprecedented joint raid that destroyed nearly $56 million worth of heroin near the Pakistani border, officials said Friday ...

QALAT, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military said Saturday that a weeklong campaign of bombing and intense ground battles on the craggy mountain ridges of southern Afghanistan have killed dozens of Taliban ...

GULRUDDIN OUTPOST, Afghanistan -- U.S. forces scored a strategic victory against the Taliban four months ago when they seized a mountain pass that had enabled suicide bombers to make their way from ...