KABUL, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Police have taken into custody 11 people on charges of digging a historical site in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, Provincial Director for Information and Culture ...

Afghanistan, situated at an important junction on the ancient Silk Roads, has been the crossroads of cultures since time immemorial. Its unique cultural heritage reflects a history that is marked by ...

We urge both UNHCR and individual governments that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention to acknowledge the inherent vulnerability of Afghan artists and cultural workers at risk under Taliban ...

The Taliban now guard Afghanistan's National Museum, where they once smashed objects When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the ...

'We need to act fast': experts race to preserve Afghanistan's ancient Buddhist heritage site Mes Aynak from copper mining ...

In 1960, the last king of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah, had a vision to turn the central Bamiyan Valley into a tourist destination. His plans included building a hotel in front of the two ...

The recent past has not been kind to Afghanistan's pre-Islamic heritage. Will history repeat itself under the new Taliban government?

GOWARJAN: In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan ...

Kabul — Afghanistan's schools reopened Tuesday for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were unaware of the start and hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred ...

More than 37 archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been destroyed and targeted with “systematic looting” under the Taliban -run government, according to researchers at the University of ...

Afghan authorities have placed more than 6,700 relics dating from the Bronze Age to the Islamic Period in the National Museum of Afghanistan over the last year, adding to the country's heritage ...