He recalled visiting Herat as a young traveler more than three decades ago and marveling at the sight of the half-destroyed citadel. The fortress “was rebuilt by Afghan hands, by the hands of ...

Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Friday seized Kandahar and Herat—the country’s second and third largest cities, hours after Fox News confirmed that the U.S. military will help evacuate ...

Oct. 16, 2011: U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, left, tours the new museum at the Qala Iktyaruddin Citadel, during the opening of the restored Herat Citadel in Herat, Afghanistan.

Situated at the northern edge of the square-plan old city, the citadel was during the 15th and 16th centuries AD the seat of the Timurid rulers, and was part of the architectural works undertaken by ...

The towering mud and straw flanks of Herat's old citadel in western Afghanistan have seen... Shakespeare in Kabul: After years of a Taliban war on the arts, Afghan theater draws a tentative audience ...

The ousted Herat governor's militia hands over the fortress to the national police. Peace returns to the city, but the public is still angry. Afghan Warlord Cedes His Citadel - Los Angeles Times ...

HERAT, Afghanistan — In the 1970s, tourists traveled to western Afghanistan to climb on the ruins of an ancient citadel, a fortress resembling a sand castle that has stood overlooking the city ...

An Afghan research center, Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), is to hold a key conference in western Herat city early in October, with security and election the top of its agenda, said ...

At NATO's summit Friday and Saturday, leaders will map out a plan to start transitioning some provinces to Afghan control by early next year. Herat may be on the list, despite a recent uptick in ...

In the 1970s, tourists traveled to western Afghanistan to climb on the ruins of an ancient citadel. Today, the newly restored structure, is a hopeful sign of progress in a country beset by war.

In the 1970s, tourists traveled to western Afghanistan to climb on the ruins of an ancient citadel, a fortress resembling a sandcastle that has stood overlooking the city of Herat ...