(CNN) -- The political situation in Kandahar was uncertain Saturday as Afghan tribal leaders met with Taliban leaders in the Afghan city, urging them to surrender or face an attack by opposition ...

GOWARJAN: In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they ...

Experts point out that this concern does not extend to Afghanistan’s intangible heritage. Music, dance, folklore, and any artistic expression involving women remain strictly prohibited under the group ...

Despite their history of destroying cultural artifacts, the Taliban are now publicly supporting the preservation of ...

Col Satish Singh Lalotra ‘So much of our future lies in preserving our past’—Peter Westbrook. The word ‘heritage’ in itself ...

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates identified the boy as Omar [Amer] Mohammed Saadeh Rabee and said the killing happened in the town of Turmus Ayya in Ramallah. The Israeli ...

The press release issued from the Afghan Presidential Palace (Arg) in Kabul said that a special meeting chaired by the acting prime minister of the Afghan Taliban regime, Mullah Muhammad Hassan ...

The mayor of Turmus Ayya, Adeeb Lafi, told Reuters earlier in the day that Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, was shot along with two other teenagers by an Israeli settler at the entrance to Turmus Ayya and ...

In another incident, a 35-year-old man, Mohammad Ansar, was shot dead by unknown assailants in Mullah Mansar village. Police registered two separate cases and launched an investigation.

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