How the oldest known Hebrew book landed in a Washington museum
To legitimize its custody of the manuscript, found in an Afghan cave, the Museum of the Bible invoked the Universal ...
The Taliban says it wants people to visit Afghanistan. Here’s what it’s like
In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan ...
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Ignoring Warnings, a Growing Band of Tourists Venture to Afghanistan
Yi-Pin Lin, a tourist from the United States, and his Afghan guide, Hijrat Ullah Sahak, visiting a mountain lake in Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan. With the war now ...
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Afghanistan refugees in Germany: 'Sport is freedom'
Even as a young girl, she defied the traditional and cultural norms in her province of Bamiyan in the highlands of Afghanistan. "I always wanted to be different," says the now 22-year-old.
Bamyan Girl Opens Tailoring Workshop, Creates Jobs Post Education Ban
Amina Akbari is a young woman in central Bamyan province where she has opened a tailoring <a target=_blank href=h ...
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Islamic State claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists
The ruins of a 1,500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 18 May 2024. Three Spanish nationals were killed in an attack in Bamyan, capital of the homonymous province in central ...
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Afghanistan: Ethnically-Motivated Abuses Against Civilians
Afghanistan's demographics have fluctuated ... Control of Yakaolang district, in Bamiyan province, shifted four times between December 2000 and mid-2001, with large-scale reprisals exacted against ...
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Ignoring warnings, a growing band of tourists venture to Afghanistan
BAMIYAN, Afghanistan – Dr Yi-Pin Lin, an associate professor at Tufts University, proudly says he has vacationed in 120 nations over the past decade. But there was one country he had always ...