The ancient mountains of Afghanistan have been inhabited for well over 100,000 years and contain a story which is still unfolding as archaeo...

King Zahir Shah before his death this year. The bones of thousands of over-ambitous conquerors and their followers lie strewn across the he...

"Bring me men to match my mountains" wrote William Blake. Had he visited Afghanistan, it is likely he would have found an answer t...

One cold Autumn day in Sept. 1994, I wsa camped under the peak of Mir Samir in the Chamar Valley, Afghanistan, and was so inspired by the la...

Today, 24 December 2007, I am starting a blog on Afghanistan.I worked in Afghanistan in 1976 and again from 1993-96, and visited a number ti...