Afghan Australians celebrated both Nowruz,or New Year,and the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr in Dandenong on Sunday.
Truth has been a stranger to wars of the past,and remains alien to current wars.
Through an alliance with Iran and burgeoning ties with Afghanistan,Beijing is looking past the Indo-Pacific and toward another region.
The move comes less than 24 hours after two bomb blasts targeted the offices of different political leaders in north-west Balochistan province.
Girls as young as 16 have been seized from markets,private classrooms and the streets of Kabul as well as other provinces,accused of violating strict dress rules.
The former foreign and defence minister said not a day passed when she did not think about the plight of women in Afghanistan.
International headlines are focused on Gaza,but another humanitarian crisis looms with Pakistan’s threatened deportation of 1.7 million people to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s crushing win over reigning champions England will be indelibly stamped into the archives of memorable World Cup moments.
At least 2000 people have been killed by earthquakes in the west of the country. Hundreds are still trapped,more than 1000 hurt and more than 1300 homes destroyed.
Photojournalist Andrew Quilty was based in Afghanistan from 2013 until the return of the Taliban in 2021. He captured the stark realities of daily life in the war-torn country.
As women’s rights have been wound back,one teenager and her friends have found a way to study.