The Latest Breaking News from Herat

The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign culture”. The young men had formed what they called the “Thomas Shelby Group”, after Cillian Murphy’s character in the popular TV drama…

A passenger bus carrying Afghan returnees from Iran struck a motorcycle and a fuel truck, triggering a huge fire.

Seated in front of a searing furnace, Ghulam Sakhi Saifi teases forth sinews of molten blue glass -- the guardian of an Afghan glassblowing trade refusing to break with tradition.

Tile making has flourished in Herat for over eight centuries, reaching its peak during the Timurid period

A series of devastating quakes has taken thousands of lives and left thousands more homeless. Aid specialists say the Taliban lacks the equipment and experience to help the survivors.

In a short span of about a week, a region about 40 km from Herat, Afghanistan was struck by four shallow focus earthquakes of 6.3 magnitude.

NEW DELHI: Star cricketer Rashid Khan on Tuesday appealed to donate for the Herat earthquakes victims. The situation in Afghanistan's Herat province is dire, with thousands losing their lives and entire villages being flattened due to a series of devastating earthquakes.

At least one person reported dead and nearly 100 injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Herat province.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens more in the same region where more than 1,000 people died in tremors last week.