The Taliban controlled most of the country by 1996, but their Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan received little international recognition before its overthrow in the 2001 US invasion of …

1 day ago · Afghanistan, landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the …

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2 days ago · Afghanistan is a landlocked country. Because of its geographic location, it has served as a crossroads for traders and conquerors from all points on the compass, and its …

Nov 7, 2025 · Pakistan and Afghanistan have held peace talks as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes last month that left dozens of people dead and hundreds …

Mar 10, 2025 · Provides an overview of Afghanistan, including key dates and facts about this Asian country.

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since the Taliban took control, is a mountainous, landlocked country in South-Central Asia at an important geopolitical location. It …

Afghanistan is currently governed by the Taliban, after the collapse of the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021. In early times people passed …

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Afghanistan is an Islamic republic with two legislative bodies; the president is head of both state and government. The area was part of the Persian Achaemenian Empire in the 6th century …