KABUL - “The country is so rich – put a shovel anywhere and you will come back with something!”

“The country” is, of course, none other than Afghanistan – the crossroads for marauding conquerors from surrounding civilizations since time immemorial.

NEW YORK - Cautioning against a militarization of the overall effort towards greater peace and democracy in Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says there is growing consensus for a political process to end the conflict, as well as for the establishment of a programme to r

BAMYAN - Afghanistan’s central province of Bamyan possess some of the world’s most renowned archaeological sites from the fifth century, which are most often referred to in seminal studies on the history and archaeology of central Asia.