Eighteen-year-old Fatima Sultani gazes at the peak of a mountain near Afghanistan's capital Kabul after completing a morning climbing session, considering her next steps. Sultani has continued to climb throughout the coronavirus pandemic, in August making it to the summit of the 7,492 metres altitude Noshakh Peak, one of the hardest climbs in the world, in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northern Afghanistan.

Afghan woman scales mountain peaks in hope of bringing honour to country

The polio virus has spread to three provinces of Afghanistan that had not reported cases for up to five years. Balkh, Herat, and Badakhshan have each declared a single case. Watch report.

New Polio cases reported in Afghanistan | Balkh, Herat, Badakhshan

Taliban fighters closed in on another district in Afghanistan on Sunday as officials sought to reassure an increasingly angry public that security would improve

Afghan government under pressure as Taliban threaten new district

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