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...think of Afghan men, usually pictured in war reports wearing beards, turbans and carrying AK47s as accessories.

...in the Afghan capital, the Serena just round the corner, were targeted by militants who set off a wave of explosions.Seventy-one people were wounded in the most dramatic strike on Kabul since Taliban militants laid...

...to an Afghan carpet-maker.Walk through Chicken Street -- of hippy-trail fame before the Soviet Union invaded on Christmas Day 1979 -- and it is possible to forget there is a war on.Shops offering jewellery, furs,...

...designer of Afghan origins, has announced the signature of a licensing contract with Italian group Vaprio Stile for the manufacture, sales and distribution of his new off-the-peg brand “Osman”.

...with her Afghan colleagues the pattern of a cloth in Kabul - Photo: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani Her pared-down modern take on traditional Afghan fabrics and designs already draws a steady stream of politicians, diplomats,...

...powder-blue Afghan burqa, a tent-like garment that covers women from top to toe, is in fact rare here, and even the niqab is not often seen. At Zeina Pret-A-Porter, the shopkeeper says very few customers buy it,...

...profits.An Afghan woman looks at merchandise at a burqa shop in Herat in western Afghanistan - Photo: REUTERS/ Mohammad Shoiab Yusefy has sold the powder blue garb, which covers women from head to foot, for the...

...along the Afghan border and stronghold of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud -- hides deposits of rare quartz and precious stones."I think we have explored three percent of the whole of NWFP. We have large...

...in the Afghan war amid a resurgence of the hard-line Islamist Taliban, appointing a special envoy to the region and announcing plans to send an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan, bringing U.S. forces there to...

...beauties of Afghan youth, and through Emrooz TV, I am trying to show just that," says the 24-year-old, clean-shaven Shenasa. The aspiring models will be selected through a series of contests by Afghan judges who...

...Pakistani, Afghan and Indian illegal immigrants being paid 3 pounds an hour - just over half the minimum wage of 5.73 pounds - for 12-hour days, seven days a week. "Primark was informed this week that one of the UK...

...in the Afghan war of the 1980s. A blockbuster in Russia, it was poorly received when it was distributed abroad in 2005.Conversely, Russia's internationally acclaimed art house films fare less well at home.The...

...traditional Afghan wedding clothes with their highly detailed embroidery, and the purity and simplicity of Afghan cotton, Muir started sketching designs and putting together a collection. While a successful...

...-led and Afghan forces toppled the Taliban government after it refused to give up al Qaeda leaders behind the September 11 attacks.Now work is underway to try restore the biggest of the two statues, once the...

...after an Afghan National Army soldier told him it was a tradition to own a prayer war rug as a souvenir of having fought in a battle. His rug, which depicts the Canadian and Afghan flags and Canadian military...

...on the Afghan border, where Pakistani armaments, mechanical and textile factories are based. Small groups of people beside the road waved Bhutto party flags and threw rose petals at her convoy as she passed....

..."mistresses."Afghan police are battling to crackdown on the practice which has angered Islamic clerics who say those involved should be stoned for sodomy, forbidden under Islamic law.In a society where the...

...l'homme afghan est vu comme barbu, portant des vêtements traditionnels et une kalachnikov; mais en Afghanistan, et particulièrement à Kaboul, une génération entière de mâles s'habille et se coiffe à l'Occidentale.

...peuple afghan mais de la Oumma, la communauté des croyants", a-t-il ajouté.L'évocation dans le texte de "vos grands magasins de capitaliste (au singulier dans le texte)" est également du "jamais vu", selon le...

...naire afghan", s'attribuant la revendication, était un groupe "totalement inconnu de l'ensemble des services de renseignement du pays"."En ce moment les investigations se poursuivent pour déterminer qui est à...

...Feldman (Afghan) e Jacqueline de Biase (Salinas) e seis secretarias municipais.Para Tufvesson, o Conselho é um novo passo para a moda carioca e também para a moda brasileira."Esse conselho tem, de um lado, os...

...carioca Afghan, por exemplo, teve mais de 240 atendimentos nos dois primeiros dias de evento, 50 a mais que na edição primavera-verão. Já a cearense Cholet vendeu 42 mil peças, 40% a mais que na temporada anterior....

...surpresas. Afghan: mergulha na história para descobrir a riqueza e abundância da nossa terra. As formas aparecem soltas e despojadas em vestidos longos e pantalonas. Sacada: uma mulher tropical e, ao mesmo tempo,...

...RJ 17h: Afghan - Tenda Marina da Glória 19h: Sacada - Jockey Club 20h: Oh, Boy! - Jockey Club 21h: Addict - Jockey Club 27 de maio:Festa de encerramento