The first Shahid Minar tends to get obscured by the more renowned and iconic Shahid Minar that is commonly associated with the Language Movement. The second memorial was built a few years later.

Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, women were confined to their homes, not permitted to attend school or work most jobs.They had restricted access to healthcare and weren’t allowed ...

Shahidullah Shahid, a former Taliban spokesman who pledged allegiance to ISIS, has been killed in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, an agency said.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Officials in Afghanistan said Saturday that recent U.S. airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledgling local affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and ...