Burden Of War When children are a blind spot, it should be no surprise that the well-documented impact on women is just as ...

But for the hundreds of children who lost parents in Afghanistan, ... Here are 14 portraits of those children, one for each year of a war that has claimed more than 2,300 American lives since 2001.

Examining the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan 2 years later 07:10. An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a ...

The U.S. pullout from Afghanistan and the rapid collapse of the country has led to a reckoning among war veterans. Here are some of their reactions.

Rashid, 13, lost both his legs in an accident involving an unexploded shell in the Khogyani district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province. His six siblings were also injured. The Taliban says more ...

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

But even if that happens, Afghanistan’s education system has been poisoned beyond recognition. Under the Taliban, None of Afghanistan’s Children Can Really Learn – The Diplomat All Sections ...

At a malnutrition treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital, the cries of children have given way to a heavy silence, as patients are turned away and medical staff laid off due to US aid cuts.

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.