Hannah Bloch

Afghans have lived through Soviet and U.S. invasions, civil war, insurgency and a previous period of heavy-handed Taliban rule. Here are some key events and dates from the past four decades.

Risking beatings by the Taliban, Afghan women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime, its new curbs on their rights — and against Pakistan’s influence in their country.

This week, members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music flew from Doha to Portugal, where they’ll rebuild their school — and lives. They describe their escape from Kabul and future hopes.

This week, members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music flew from Doha to Portugal, where they’ll rebuild their school — and lives. They describe their escape from Kabul and future hopes.

This week, members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music flew from Doha to Portugal, where they’ll rebuild their school — and lives. They describe their escape from Kabul and future hopes.

Students and faculty with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music flew last week from Doha to Lisbon, where they will start their new lives and reconstitute their celebrated academy in exile.

Millions of people in Afghanistan are facing hunger and starvation amid a prolonged drought and economic crash. A World Food Program spokesperson says a new urban class of hungry people has emerged.

Millions of people in Afghanistan are facing hunger and starvation amid a prolonged drought and economic crash. A World Food Program spokesperson says a new urban class of hungry people has emerged.

Around the world, trucks are essential everyday vehicles. In Pakistan, trucks are also canvases for dazzling works of art. Truck art has served a social good too, and helped recover missing children.

Some 33 million people are affected by this summer’s floods — the result of what U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls a “monsoon on steroids.” He calls the flooding a “climate catastrophe.”