Afghanistan is a country of immense mountains, deep river valleys, and arid deserts. For vast swaths of the country ... and some urban centers have been carefully mapped. Even those maps that do exist ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas spans the northeast of the country while the southwest is mainly covered in desert. Afghanistan is the biggest producer of opium in the world. Most of the opium poppy ...

The country of Afghanistan has a long and complicated history of domination by foreign powers and conflict between factions within the country. While Afghanistan is well covered in headlines and news ...

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — A few months ago ... Snow is exceedingly rare in this southern desert. For a week at the beginning of February, a handful of flurries brought operations ...