Istalif, an hour's drive north of Kabul, sits in the heart of Shomali Plain, once the breadbasket of Afghanistan. The Taliban forced hundreds of thousands of people from the region and destroyed ...

Hearing Renee Montagne's Morning Edition report today about the village of Istalif, Afghanistan, brought back memories for this blogger. Renee spoke of the changes in that place, a little more ...

ISTALIF, Afghanistan (UNHCR) - Among all the destroyed villages in Afghanistan, there is one that shows the mad fury of the Taliban regime. Istalif, a small village in the heart of the Shomali Plain, ...

Istalif, Afghanistan; 11 November 2002 (RFE/RL) -- In the Afghan village of Istalif, in the burned-out Shomali Plains north of Kabul, a roof is a rarity. At the town's heart, shops that once sold ...

Istalif (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Twice a month, Noor Agha Faqiri lights up the kiln at his small workshop around 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the Afghan ...

Noor Agha Faqiri and Abdul Hameed Mehran are among a dozen potters left in Qarya-e-Kulalan (potter’s village), a small village in the picturesque Afghan Istalif district. Since the Taliban’s ...

Hearing Renee Montagne'sMorning Edition report today about the village of Istalif, Afghanistan, brought back memories for this blogger. Renee spoke of the changes in that place, a little more than ...