The BBC has been speaking to people in Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, with a population estimated to be more than 500,000. It’s a strategically important provincial capital in the west of ...

The Taliban have taken over the Afghan city of Herat, capping three weeks of furious fighting in which both men and women took up arms to defend their city while many residents fled gunfights and ...

A month ago, one of Afghanistan's most famous warlords vowed to defend his city from the Taliban as he called for locals to join the fight. But on Friday Ismail Khan was in the Taliban's hands as ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- Shortly before he was due to attend the Loya Jirga national assembly last June, Alhaj Mohammad Rafiq Shahir says he was arrested, thrown in jail, and beaten for two days for ...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says advanced equipment worth nearly $5 million has been purchased for the drug and food ...

Several people from the Hazara Shia community were killed after gunmen opened fire at a picnic site in Herat, Afghanistan. One suspect was detained.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan's northwestern Herat province, an official said Monday. The moves ...

Violence against women is endemic in Afghanistan; with services closed by the pandemic, those working with abused women are terrified for their clients Every morning Marzia Akbari, a 25-year-old ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- The Muslim call to prayer echoes across a dusty field in the western Afghan city of Herat, where five ancient minarets poke precariously into the sky. Trucks, buses, cars, and ...

Security forces in western Herat province have arrested a man in connection with the killing of Arbab Mohammad Dawood Arbab, ...

Western Afghan city all but under siege, prompting companies to hide documents in case staff are targeted Organisations in the western Afghan city of Herat have begun removing important documents ...