Decades of coups, invasions and war have devastated Afghanistan and left it measuring ... an encouraging symbol of reconstruction. But the extraordinary security around the event showed how ...

Through intimate conversations with women and girls across Afghanistan, we document the profound human ... We, the female doctors—once symbols of women’s progress, ability, and independence—are now ...

making him the last U.S. service member in Afghanistan. The grainy photos, tinted green because they were taken through a night vision device, instantly became an iconic symbol of the withdrawal.

In her homeland she became known as the “Afghan Mona Lisa.” Now she has become a symbol of a return to Afghanistan that hundreds of thousands of refugees are undertaking after decades away.

Yet, the rebuilt, imposing brick structure called the Qala Ikhtyaruddin is a new symbol of the nation's desire to emerge from the bloody conflict. "As this citadel represents, Afghanistan stood as ...