Situated at an altitude of 2,400 meters above sea level, Dasht-e Havij lies above the village of Afjeh in the Lavasanat region. From this elevation, visitors can enjoy a clear view of the majestic ...

Every morning, as the sun rises over the dust-swept hills of Achanak Bazar in Balochistan’s Dasht tehsil, Shareefa wraps herself in a chaddar, gathers her four children, and begins the long walk to ...

In December 2001, Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance, with strong U.S. backing consisting of special-forces units and CIA paramilitary operatives, were close to consolidating their control over the ...

The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian ...

ON Friday morning, Kabul’s Dasht-i-Barchi neighbourhood was rocked by a terrorist attack targeting an educational institution — part of a bloody cycle of violence that has become painfully familiar.

The curving sands in central northern Iran’s salt desert, Dasht-e Kavir, can be seen in this image from the Ikonos-2 satellite. Here, clays and sand soils have a high surface salt content owing to the ...

The Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran is captured in this Envisat image. The desert is often called the ‘hottest place on Earth’ as satellites measured record surface temperatures there for ...

DASHT: Orchards and seasonal crops in different areas of tehsil Dasht have been badly affected by attacks from locust swarms. The farmers and landowners are extremely worried about losing their ...