An earthquake of 42 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday the National Center for Seismology stated ...

The mighty Hindu Kush mountain range cuts through the province, which is home to Afghanistan’s highest peak, Mount Noshaq at 24,580 feet (7,492 metres) tall.

How many caves are there? Thousands. Afghanistan's rugged terrain is honeycombed with natural caverns and man-made tunnels. The Hindu Kush mountains are pocked with caves scooped out of limestone ...

He has hiked across the Hindu Kush mountains and hidden out in caves with guerrilla fighters. In Kabul he was an eyewitness to the factional struggles that ravaged the city out of which the ...

Aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Loral O'Hara recently treated viewers to a breathtaking sight: images capturing the mesmerizing phenomenon of 'alpenglow' near the Hindu Kush ...

Launched in 2021, this brother-sister duo are on a mission to preserve Chitral’s incredible biodiversity and heritage through a boutique haven nestled on their family’s 100-year-old, ancestral ...

A disaster risk reduction hub for the Hindu Kush Himalayas inaugurated, Sacred groves recognised as forests. Read our news ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Afghanistan is a place, not a war. Taliban suicide bombings may dominate the news, but the sprawling Central Asian ...