Afghanistan is often in the global spotlight, and typically for less than desirable reasons. As someone who has traveled ...

From frothy lattes to creamy cheeses, from the delicate folds of a milk fan, or rushan, thin sheet-like dairy product made ...

Afghan horsemen compete for a goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi in Mazar-i Sharif. Each spring, hundreds of thousands of people flock to this city in northern Afghanistan to celebrate Nowruz ...

The fast-paced equestrian game of buzkashi is a welcome distraction in rural Afghanistan, blighted by drought and poverty, and has been embraced by the Taliban. International demand for basmati ...

Every March, 300 million people from across the world, most notably the people of Iran and Central Asian countries celebrate ...