The Hindu Kush is one of the legendary mountains of Afghanistan that has always witnessed bloody wars.

On Feb. 3, 2005, 104 people aboard an Afghan airliner died when it crashed in the mountains near Kabul. It was Afghanistan's ...

Feb. 03 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1690, Massachusetts Colony issued the first paper money in America. In 1783, Spain recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain. In ...

Dozens of Afghan refugees across the Green Mountains are back to square one after some key programs that helped them thrive ...

Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the Senate majority leader, forced the temporary closing of three Senate office buildings in Washington. In 2005, 104 people aboard an Afghan airliner died when it crashed in the ...

There are no paved roads linking the craggy, mineral-rich mountains of northeast Afghanistan’s Konar and Nurestan provinces to the outside world, while abundant and more accessible reserves are ...

A family flees across the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan on their way to become refugees in Pakistan (1988) Two young Afghan fighters share a joke during a lull in fighting in fierce ...

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...