Afghanistan

Afghan soldiers use military dogs to locate explosives underground. Another soldier uses a metal detector and other military equipment. The dog is a trained military dog to detect explosives

Kabir Khan, Bollywood and documentary filmmaker in an exclusive along with the two lead casts, John Abraham and Arshad Warsi talks about the film 'Kabul Express'. Kabir Khan reveals he wrote Arshad Warsi's character keeping him in mind.

Afghanistan

Protestors in Afghanistan burn American flags and an effigy of President Bill Clinton, in support of Osama bin Laden.

Arshad Warsi and John Abraham talk about the serious threats and security issues they faced during the shooting of their film 'Kabul Express'.

architecture · temple

Ghazi stadium in Kabul in Afghanistan. See the five interlocking rings of the Olympic logo on the wall of the stadium building. One can see the Id Gah Mosque in Kabul which is the second largest Mosque in Kabul.

Afghanistan·village · bazaar

Archival footage captures daily life in a mountainous region of Afghanistan, likely within Badakhshan Province near the Panjshir Valley.

Driving towards Kabul in Afghanistan. See passengers sit atop a bus with their belongings while leaving for Kabul. Driving past a deserted village with mud houses.

Afghanistan

Afghan theatre worker rolls a cinema reel of a film on a projector. See a Hindi movie 'Gambler' poster on the wall.

Afghanistan

An armed man walks behind the Taliban captives in Afghanistan while they transfer them from a high-security Afghan prison. See the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains with a prison on a hilltop.

ceremony

Afghan men walk through a rocky path wearing traditional Afghani dresses with turbans while some of them wear caps they carry a plastic container. They perform Wudu before going to offer their prayers.

Afghanistan·politics

This archival footage captures an Afghan commander speaking about the complex political and security challenges facing Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime.

From 1996 to 2001, the Taliban held power over roughly three-quarters of Afghanistan, and enforced a strict interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law.

ceremony · hills

In a mountainous region of Afghanistan, Muslim worshippers gather for prayer surrounded by rugged peaks and open skies.

Afghanistan

An armed man walks behind the Taliban captives in Afghanistan while their transfer from a high-security Afghan prison. See the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains and there is a prison at a hilltop.

Afghanistan

An armed man walks behind the Taliban captives in Afghanistan while their transfer from a high-security Afghan prison. See the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains and there is a prison at a hilltop.

politics

In this powerful interview, a man reflects on the period of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1979–1989), one of the most transformative and turbulent chapters in the country’s modern history.

Afghanistan·river

Afghan men walk on a rocky path carrying containers and buckets tied on both the edges of a wood stick in Afghanistan. They take water from a nearby river in their containers and buckets under armed watch.

birds · wildlife

The streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family.

politics · festival

Salahuddin Khalid shares his perspective on the current situation in Afghanistan, focusing on political stability, humanitarian challenges, and regional implications.

birds · wildlife

This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and Siberia.

Haji Abdul Rasool Sayyaf is one of the veterans of that campaign. Years later he also resisted the advancing forces of Taliban in his province of Paghman, a two-hour drive from Kabul.

festival

The dry fruits of Afghanistan, people showing their interest in buying after testing the dry fruits walnuts, Raisins, blackberry, blueberry, dry anjeer, apricots, dry kiwi, dry pineapple, cardamom, Khajur dry peach, chilgoza, and many verit…

birds · forest

The Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging across Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.