An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Tuesday, as per a statement by the National Center ...

Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale had jolted Afghanistan in the early hours of Tuesday.

Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, according to the Red Cross. Afghanistan sits on ...

Snowboarders Musawer Khanzai and Nasima Zirak used to drag themselves up the thick snowy slopes of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains on foot before basking in the "freedom" of gliding back down. But ...

Most of Nuristan is covered by mountainous forests and the entire province was designated a protected national park in 2020.

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 ...

Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, with the Hindu Kush Mountain range being a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, as per the Red Cross. Afghanistan sits on ...

Snowboarders Musawer Khanzai and Nasima Zirak used to drag themselves up the thick snowy slopes of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains on foot before basking in the "freedom" of gliding back down.