Where the road ends in Afghanistan A harrowing visit to Chavosh, a village so remote its people have never seen a Westerner, and so poor a farmer is forced to marry his 11-year-old daughter to a ...

Last September, after five months on the job, said Tucker, 55, of Charlotte, N.C., he realized that "we had given the highways away to the enemy" in Afghanistan.

The Ring Road was conceived in the 1960s as a highway that makes a giant circle within the country to link its major cities. Secondary roads are meant to link provincial capitals and smaller towns ...

Gates Sees Long Road Ahead In Afghanistan. January 27, 2009 / 10:28 AM EST / CBS/AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday there is too little "time, ...

As NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014, donor countries must rethink their aid to that war-torn country. Edward Girardet, who has reported on Afghanistan for more than 30 years ...

The development and growth of Afghan security forces is more important than anything NATO does, he said. The transition to placing Afghanistan in the lead for security operations will begin in July.

The Taliban agreed with China and Pakistan to extend the Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan, potentially drawing in billions of dollars to fund infrastructure projects.

The Taliban say there is enough security across Afghanistan to restart major economic projects, despite attacks rocking the country since the group seized power more than a year ago Stay up to ...

Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has ...