Forty historical monuments and facilities that were at risk of destruction have been restored in Afghanistan over the past three years.A spokesman for the Ministry of Information and Culture of the ...

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several ... Few museums of Asian art boast a collection of Near ...

Faridollah Adib Ahein, an Afghan painter, musician, critic, and collector of cultural and historical artifacts, is considered ...

Among the works of art rescued from ... shallow streams, and ancient underground irrigation channels called karez, which are still used in parts of Afghanistan. One 30-foot-long karez has been ...