KABUL, June 6 (UNHCR) - Gul Salam wants to return to Afghanistan, and he won't let mountains stand in his way. "I have been waiting for this moment for 23 years," said the 60-year-old Afghan refugee ...

GULRUDDIN OUTPOST, Afghanistan -- U.S. forces scored a strategic victory against the Taliban four months ago when they seized a mountain pass that had enabled suicide bombers to make their way from ...

The young female climbers became the first to scale a nearly 17,000-foot peak in Afghanistan. As jubilant as the American-led ascent was, the... Afghan Female Climbing Team Faced Daunting Obstacles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty In spring 2025, Freshta Ibrahimi aims to make history—by becoming the first Afghan woman to summit ...

By Will Conroy By now the world is all too familiar with the Hormuz Strait and the economic distress that the strangulation of a small-but-vital territorial zone can cause to markets the world over.

The Afghan mountaineer continues his global climbing mission to inspire Afghan youth and support the development of skiing, mountaineering, and mountain safety initiatives in Afghanistan. Sam ...

QALAT, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military said Saturday that a weeklong campaign of bombing and intense ground battles on the craggy mountain ridges of southern Afghanistan have killed dozens of Taliban ...