Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...
Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world. Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Qatar has inaugurated an exhibition titled “Empire of Light: Visions and ...
KABUL, Sept 8 An Afghan archaeologist has discovered the remains of an ancient 19-metre-long “sleeping Buddha” in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan a government official said on Monday. A team led by ...
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KABUL (Reuters) - Safeguarding ancient Buddhist relics at a huge Chinese-run copper mine in Afghanistan could take three years and delay the country's biggest foreign investment project, the Afghan ...