The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have
the wider vision
(George Eliot)
Published on 18 October 2012
A race against time
Published on 13 October 2012
Latest Afghanistan Newsletter
Published on 8 October 2012
Working hard in Kabul includes arts & crafts
Published on 18 May 2012
Director of the Archeological Institute at the Academy of Sciences is on a mission
Published on 5 May 2012
Departure from Taliban-era aesthetics
Published on 22 February 2012
Documenting the Progress of Cultural Revitalisation Projects in Kabul and Herat
Published on 8 February 2012
China, copper and archaeology
Published on 31 January 2012
A masterpiece returned
Published on 9 December 2011
Arts can help build a nation
Published on 5 December 2011
The latest on heritage in Afghanistan from AKTC
Published on 15 November 2011
The strength of filming
Published on 17 October 2011
Qala Iktyaruddin Citadel completed by hundreds of local craftsmen
Published on 19 September 2011
Relief gestohlen Mitter der 1990er Jahren aus National Museum
Published on 18 September 2011
Security department catches looters
Published on 12 June 2011
Chinese mining venture threatens another Buddhist site
Published on 5 June 2011
Six-day ?Cultural heritage tour? to Afghanistan
Published on 2 June 2011
Damage increased even as the security situation has improved
Published on 1 June 2011
Volé au musée national de Kaboul
Published on 27 May 2011
MOU part of a broader pact on the National Institution Building Project
Published on 2 May 2011
The latest on heritage in Herat, Kabul and ...music
Published on 7 April 2011
Rescue operation in Mes Anyak
Published on 4 April 2011
Encourage a culture of peace
Published on 18 March 2011
Afghanistan, a country without treasures
Published on 16 March 2011
UNESCO account to stop the blast of the Bamyan Buddha's
Published on 14 March 2011
UNESCO advices not to rebuild the Bamyan Buddha's
Published on 4 March 2011
Travelling exhibition now in British Museum
Published on 28 February 2011
UNESCO expert meeting
Published on 27 February 2011
Exhibityion in British Museum
Published on 24 January 2011
Dutch support for Afghan Heritage Police?
Published on 12 January 2011
A UNESCO-sponsored project in Mazar-e Sharif, war-struck northern Afghanistan ? Success or Failure?
Published on 11 January 2011
Published on 14 December 2010
Dare to believe in our common humanity
Published on 3 September 2010
Music is not allowed in our religion but something acceptable in our culture
Published on 28 August 2010
Exhibition of artefacts from the National Museum in Kabul that were protected by museum staff from destruction by the Taleban regime
Exhibition of artefacts from the National Museum in Kabul that were protected by museum staff from destruction by the Taleban regime
Published on 27 August 2010
138 Mini-palaces have been constructed with money from trafficking, smuggling or embezzlement
Published on 4 July 2010
Interview with Rory Stewart
Published on 27 June 2010
Parwaz puppet theatre ensemble
Published on 22 June 2010
French archaeologists more worried about Afghan treasures than their own security
Published on 1 May 2010
Travelling exhibition in the peace of the village-city of Ottawa
Published on 26 April 2010
Dioramas show contested memories
Published on 9 April 2010
Bamiyan (the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart)
Bamiyan (the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart)
Published on 13 March 2010
It is clear that Afghanistan is not ready to receive tourists yet, but heritage sites and national parks have a lot to offer in the future.
It is clear that Afghanistan is not ready to receive tourists yet, but heritage sites and national parks have a lot to offer in the future.
As in other countries in turmoil, the city of Herat is about to loose its old centre due to rigorous urban development
Massoudi, the director of the Kabul Museum, gives an account of how Afghanistan's heritage suffered from more than 30 years of civil war
The impact of war continues to leave a cultural scar that runs deep through Afghan civilization.
UNAMA Aditya Mehta spoke to UNESCO Director Shigeru Aoyagi about the agency's concerns and plans for the future
Muslims and Sikhs: We eat together when they invite us for dinner/lunch parties or participate in the ceremonies in their houses during festivals
In a three-week long series UNAMA publishes daily articles to mark UNAMA's Afghan Update on Cultural Heritage that recognises Afghanistan's rich past and the need to preserve it for future generations.
Nancy Hatch Dupree, one of the foremost authorities on Afghanistan?s cultural heritage. ensures the sustainability of the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University.
Published on 7 March 2010
The Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture: First Graduating Class in December 2009
Published on 6 March 2010
Between Suffering and Beauty: Documenting Afghanistan?s Refugees
Published on 3 March 2010
Conflict and looting are threatening Afghanistan's treasures says BBC reporter Peter Greste (2001)
Published on 25 February 2010
Spotlight reports that the exploitation of Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage is helping to finance terrorism and the Taliban.
Published on 19 February 2010
Germany is contributing to civil aid projects in Afghanistan - with schools, police training and better streets, but also with money for the maintenance of Afghan cultural heritage sites.
Published on 13 February 2010
'Blood antiques' sustains the war in Afghanistan. Apparently it is not difficult to smuggle artefacts from Afghanistan, the Taliban will facillitate.
Published on 29 January 2010
War-riden Afghanistan is not ready but it does have potential for the tourist industry
War-riden Afghanistan is not ready but it does have potential for the tourist industry
Published on 12 January 2010
UNESCO has been working closely with the Afghan Government and people since 2003. Today they prresent their plans for 2010 on Education and Culture
Published on 8 October 2009
Major step in rebuilding of Kabul's National Museum. Smuggled artefacts were confiscated at Heathrow.
Published on 7 October 2009
'Collection was one of the most extraordinary in the world'
Published on 28 September 2009
The four main areas on the archaeological World Heritage site of Bamyan declared free of mines
Published on 21 September 2009
Bamyan artists, photographers and women?s associations will organize photo, art and handicraft exhibitions for peace.
Published on 14 June 2009
UNESCO trains Afghans to demine the archaeological site Bamyan. The demining will take place from May to October.
Published on 14 May 2009
To Accommodate New Troops, the U.S. Military Expanded a Base and Inadvertently Disrupted Ancient Afghan Canals
Published on 13 November 2008
Babylon, where kings created an early code of law
Published on 28 September 2008
The missing artifacts included a Buddha statue; two stone-made literary works from the Buddhism eras behind the theft
Published on 19 June 2008
Norwegian soldier accused
Published on 14 December 2007
Foreigner buy, locals dig and the shopkeeper earnes the most
Foreigner buy, locals dig and the shopkeeper earnes the most
Published on 15 August 2007
Ancient Tower of Victory on the verge of disappearing
Published on 31 July 2007
4500-year old golden vessel from a Babylonian doll house on sale
Published on 15 July 2007
Afghanistan antiquities. Rare historical artefacts being stolen
Afghanistan antiquities. Rare historical artefacts being stolen
Published on 20 March 2007
UNESCO called on art dealers and collectors to refrain from acquiring objects that formed part of Afghanistan's cultural heritage
Published on 3 February 2007
5 Years after the Taliban did not change much
Published on 23 January 2007
After the destruction of the Bamyan Buddha's the initiative to start the APAA was acry from the heart
Published on 1 December 2006
Agencies such as UNESCO will also be present as partners of goodwill and expertise in the renewal process
Published on 21 February 2005
The fate of the Darulama museum
Published on 31 December 2004
Retrieving objects looted from the Kabul Museum before they disappear
Published on 30 June 2004
US government paying attention to the heritage of Iraq while ignoring that of Afghanistan.
UNESCO's mandate and recent activities for the rehabilitation of Afghanistan's cultural heritage
Published on 3 January 2004
Statement by MR. Abdul Wasey Feroozi, director generla of the National Institute of Archaeology, Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan
Published on 13 December 2003
There was looting under the Taliban, but it was nothing compared to now, looters grew bolder over the years
Published on 19 June 2003
Two years after the Taliban destroyed much of Afghanistan's cultural heritage, attempts are being made to restore what is left.
Published on 1 October 2002
The gardens of Babur, the first Moghul emperor, are today surrounded by urban sprawl.
Gallery of Fine Arts and Traditional Afghan Crafts newly opened
Of two nearly 2,000-year-old statues that once graced the entrance hall, nothing is left but the feet.
An account of Afghan history, art, heritage and war - a long history
Bhuddist statues cut out in the rocks of Bamiyan blewn to pieces by the Taliban
Minaret of Jam put on UNESCO?s World Heritage List.
Published on 1 September 2002
Short art history of Afghanistan
Published on 3 May 2002
Lost treasure from Kabul Museum turns up
Published on 30 April 2002
A booming antiquities trade strips the country of its cultural heritage
Published on 19 March 2002
Speaking with Greece's Minister of Culture on their effort to aid their mutual cultural heritage
Published on 1 July 2001
Christian Manhart reports
Published on 30 June 2001
Archaology Newsletter 54/3 features the incomprehemsible measures the Taliban took once in control
Published on 2 March 2001
Pre-Islamic artifacts were being systematically destroyed by the ocuntry's fundamentalist Taliban regime.
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