"The museum explains why the Western Regions Frontier Command was established and how it operated," says Chen Ling, the lead ...

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A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...

Even as a historic synagogue in Herat city remains preserved, local authorities have discouraged media coverage of the site and of the city's former Jewish community. Afghanistan has ratified several ...

The richly decorated dome of Shahzada Abdullah tomb in Herat ... matter of protecting ancient objects and buildings, said Omar Sharifi, head of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies ...

The mining contract, initially signed during Hamid Karzai's presidency in 2008, faced delays due to the presence of an ancient settlement ... and preservation of Afghanistan's cultural heritage.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The only bead-making workshop is reviving an ancient craft while producing and exporting high-quality prayer beads (tasbih) to international markets, alongside growing domestic ...

In November 2023, when deadly earthquakes struck Herat province ... AKTC is working on a number of projects across Afghanistan, including the ancient Bala Hissar citadel in Kabul and the cultural ...

Glassblowing in Afghanistan's western city of Herat is an ancient craft. Saifi says it has run in his family for about three centuries. The last two furnaces in the windswept metropolis near the ...

Ben Herskowitz stood on a hill overlooking the ancient archaeological ... tour with Unchartered Afghanistan, she told CNN. She explored four cities: Kabul, Herat, Kandahar and Bamiyan.