Saving Afghanistan's Art
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A new traveling exhibit gives a glimpse of Afghanistan's diverse cultural legacy, rescued from the Taliban's destruction
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Afghanistan's soaring opium trade threatens to wreck rebuilding efforts, the UN and World Bank warn.
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Supporters say it&#39;s one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in the world. Opponents call it the moral whitewashing of blood money.
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For more than three years of war, the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra has striven to lift the countryÂs spirits and give succor through art.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - At first glance the election commissionâs map of Afghanistan appears to be a colour-coded layout of the countryâs patchwork ethnic groups.
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A new exhibit of Tibetan art in Berlin offers a rare chance to see treasures from ancient Buddhist monasteries, but is also being criticized as whitewashing China's treatment of Tibet's ancient culture.
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A nine-page pamphlet offers some chilling--and revealing--insights about Afghanistan's former rulers
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An exhibition about the experiences of UK soldiers in Afghanistan is in the running for a Â£100,000 prize.
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The National Museum of Afghanistan has opened its first exhibition in 13 years, a display of pre-Islamic idols that were repaired after being smashed by the Taliban.
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Undated picture of the Italian daily La Repubblica special envoy to Afghanistan, Daniele Mastrogiacomo.Comment
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Mukta Arts makes an unusual announcement.
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PARIS, Dec. 6 -- Mountainous and isolated, caught for centuries between competing empires along one of the world's great trading routes, Afghanistan has always been a place of legends. Twenty-eight years ago, another one was born.
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The Soviet invasion of the late 1970s that drove Afghans into a long and bloody resistance has been recorded in this nation's favourite and most famous art form -- carpets.
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President Hamid Karzai inaugurated Afghanistan's rebuilt national museum Wednesday, the latest effort to shed a positive light on the country's sluggish reconstruction 10 days before landmark elections.
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the real Indian embassy in the country, Afghans often joke. Kandahar bazaar has an eye-catching mix of shops. Here are gold- and silver-coloured cooking pots, piled high.
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In Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, bridegrooms are expected to pay for their weddings, including money for the brideâs family.
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The Museum of Modern Art presents an Abbas Kiarostami retrospective that covers more than three decades of the artistâs films and photographs.