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Afghanistan’s Chihilsitoon Garden is restored with rammed earth architecture

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has breathed new life and purpose into the Chihilsitoon Garden, a historic...

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Afghan brothers' mine-hunting drone could eradicate all mines within 10 years

American children of the nineties are likely to remember an addictive video game that required the lone player...

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Death toll climbs after powerful 7.5 earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, sending powerful tremors into Pakistan and...

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Destroyed Buddha statues in Afghanistan stand again thanks to holograms

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDEk9rjM39c&w=537&h-302] An ancient land in an ancient corner...

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UNESCO announces winning design for the Bamiyan Cultural Center in Afghanistan

The proposal, entitled Descriptive Memory: The Eternal Presence of Absence, envisions a system of negative spaces...

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Skateistan Uses Shipping Containers to Build Massive Skatepark for Afghani Youth

In 2007, Skateistan began working with children aged 5-17 in Kabul as a "sport through development" project. Skateboarding...

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The Maria Grazia Cutuli School Provides a Safe Haven for Children in Afghanistan

The innovative school was built as an homage to Maria Grazia Cutuli, an Italian journalist murdered in Afghanistan...

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Matteo Cainer Architects' National Museum of Afghanistan is a 'Timeless Cube' of Sustainable Design for Kabul

Complete with a host of symbolic references befitting an Islamic state, this conceptual design is for a 55 square...

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