Sen. John McCain on Afghanistan tour talks about the risks of drawdown there (and weighs in on Libya and debt ceiling).
Buddhist caves
updated: Fri Aug 28 2009 13:13:00
CNN's Ivan Watson investigates the beautiful Buddhist caves of the Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan.
Thursday is "Chinese night" at the Hotel Silk Road in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province.
Election workers labored in tents by the light of battery-powered lanterns, counting ballots after a day of brisk voting Thursday.
Agajan has a message for Afghanistan's incumbent politicians. The turbaned, gap-toothed man may only be a humble shopkeeper, but on election day Agajan will exercise his right and vote against the president.
CNN's Ivan Watson takes a look at the distribution of ballot boxes in one of Afghanistan's safer provinces.
Afghanistan's first national park opens up and calls for tourists. CNN's Atia Abawi visits the Band-E-Amir Park.
Most days it is easy to think God may have forgotten about Afghanistan, but there can be a day when you feel like you are in heaven.
First lady Laura Bush arrived in Afghanistan Sunday for a half-day visit meant to highlight the progress the nation has made since the fall of the Taliban.
Scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered.
At the foot of cliffs in central Afghanistan, about 5,000 fragments of what were once among the world's great artistic and religious treasures, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, sit in rudimentary shelters.
Precious, ancient religious treasures in Bamiyan province were blown up by the Taliban regime in 2001. At that time in Afghanistan, women were second class citizens -- not seen and not heard.
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