In “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the BBC journalist Lyse Doucet tells the story of a country through what was once its most luxurious hotel.

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early yesterday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque, ...

The Taliban authorities, who say that women's rights are protected by Islamic law, have banned girls and women from schools beyond the age of 12, and also from most jobs and public services -- and ...