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Gandhara Ausstellung in Bonn und Berlin

Gandhara. Das buddhistische Erbe Pakistans. Legenden, Klöster und Paradiese - Ausstellung - Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (9. April bis 10. August 2009) . Die Ausstellung war vom 21. November 2008 bis 15. März 2009 in der Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle Bonn zu sehen.

Calling all tourists to Bamiyan

BBC News - Saturday, 1 September 2007 By Charles Haviland in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan

Debating the future of Afghan Buddhas

BBC News - Saturday, 25 August 2007 By Charles Haviland in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan

Return of artefacts to Kabul Museum

Nearly 1,500 ancient artifacts that were taken out of Afghanistan to save them from destruction and looting have been returned. The items were taken to Kabul's national museum last week from Switzerland, where they have been stored since 1999 in the Afghanistan Museum-in-Exile in Bubendorf.

Afghan education project (AEP) Radio programme wins award

The BBC World Service Trust's Afghan education project (AEP)has won a Bronze World Medal for its children’s radio programme, The Ruined Castle, in the Best Children’s/ Young Adults programme category.

TV Programme on Bamiyan by Al Jazeera International channel

Documentary on present situation in Bamiyan aired by Al Jazeera International

Women in Kabul

Photo Documentary on live of five women at Kabul five years after the fall of the Taliban regime by journalist Paula Lerner

Afghanistan 1969-1974

Collection of pictures from Dr. Volker Thewalt during his research in Bamiyan in the years 1969-1974

Circus in Bamiyan

MMCC, Mobile Mini Circus for Children, is an international non profit NGO that has been working in Afghanistan since June 2002. Since then, MMCC has performed and made workshops for more than 460,000 children in a large number of provinces throughout Afghanistan.The main objective of MMCC is providing educational and informative entertainment for children. This aim is achieved by identifying, training, and applying the Afghan talents and potentials. The Bamiyan section opened in Winter 2008.

Luke Powells Photo Gallery on Afghanistan

Color photographs from Afghanistan made by Luke Powell and hosted at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

The Afghan Music Project

he Afghan Music Project (AMP) is a mixed media social venture, seeking to raise awareness of Afghan culture through music. All proceeds from the project will fund Afghan music teachers in Kabul who will teach music to Afghan youth, particularly young women. Explore the links below to learn more about the project.