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KABUL - The River Kokcha flows northwards down the Hindu Kush, passing through Faizabad, and joins the Amu Darya river, the Oxus of history and legend.
KABUL - As a part of UNAMA's campaign to spread awareness about Afghanistan's rich past, Aditya Mehta spoke to UNESCO Director Shigeru Aoyagi about the agency's concerns and plans for the future.
JALALABAD - It wasn’t just the Muslims of Jalalabad who celebrated the holy festival of Eid with pomp and jubilation in the last week of November 2009.
In downtown Jalalabad, minority Hindu-Sikhs were also euphoric about the festival of their Muslim neighbours.
WINDSOR - One belief that the Western world often held about Asia and the East was that it was a land of enormous luxury and wealth.
One Western poet from the 19th century, James Elroy Flecker, summed up this view by describing the way eastwards as “The Golden Road.”
KABUL - As a part of the Mission’s campaign to raise awareness about Afghanistan’s rich past, Kabul Musuem Director Omara Khan Massoudi spoke to UNAMA on his desire to see the musuem rise from the ashes.
HERAT - Experts cannot state with precision when the old city of Herat was built as it stands today.