Sher Ali won the resulting Afghan Civil War (1863–1869) and ruled Afghanistan until his death in 1879. In his final years, the British returned to Afghanistan in the Second Anglo-Afghan War to fight …

5 days ago · Afghanistan, multiethnic landlocked country located in the heart of south-central Asia.

Dec 8, 2025 · After a deadly shooting in Washington DC, a sweeping immigration freeze has left thousands of Afghan families fearing they could be sent back to danger.

Dec 4, 2025 · The line at first divided Afghanistan and India. But after the partition of India in 1947, it became the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, a frontier no Afghan government has ever...

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3 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 people reflect the …

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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 …