Afghanistan News » Herat News Afghanistan » Herat: Herat railway - Afghanistan’s $2B link to Asia and Europe
Afghanistan’s Herat Railway could become a vital trade link connecting the country to Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, Turkey, and Europe. The $2 billion project aims to lower transport costs and turn ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown
Afghan residents in the western city of Herat have told AFP of witnessing multiple women detained by the Taliban government's morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has drawn criticism ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: Afghanistan, Turkmenistan discuss Herat gas pipeline expansion and distribution networks
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News Afghanistan » Herat: Afghan commander Ismail Khan captured as Taliban seize Herat
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have seized most of Herat, Afghanistan's third largest city, and also captured Ismail Khan, the veteran local commander leading militia resistance there, local ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: Treating severe acute malnutrition and saving young lives in Herat, Afghanistan
WHO-supported IPD-SAM centre at Guzara District Hospital, Herat Province. Photo credit WHO Afghanistan21 October 2026, Kabul, Afghanistan – In western Afghanistan, the World Health Organization ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: WHO-EU partnership helps people access infectious disease care in in western Afghanistan
Seya Moy, 32, on her road to recovery at Herat Infectious Disease Hospital. Photo credit: WHO Afghanistan.15 October 2026, Herat, Afghanistan – For many people in western Afghanistan, accessing ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: Democracy in Afghanistan: The Warlord of Herat
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Afghanistan is preparing for new ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: UNHCR resumes Afghan return convoys from Iran amid ceasefire in Herat
HERAT, Afghanistan, Aug 23 (UNHCR) - Afghan refugees in Iran are able to return home again, after some 13,000 were stranded last week because of fighting around Herat in western Afghanistan. They have ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: ‘Happy Holidays’ in Herat: A Hypothetical Tour Through Taliban Territory
So you decided to vacation in the Afghan province of Herat. Who, you may be asking, would voluntarily spend their holidays in Taliban territory? But I ask that you suspend your disbelief and entertain ...
News Afghanistan » Herat: Deadly Floods Continue To Ravage Herat In Afghanistan
At least 60 people have been killed by weeks of heavy rain and snow in Afghanistan. 1 An Afghan man salvages his possessions from his partially submerged home following flash flooding that struck in ...