Afghanistan, and the developments since 2001.
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Architectural Wonders Of Afghanistan 1 is a collection of photos slide show that shows the beauty and complexity of the Architectural figures of Afghanistan. The are many places worth mentioning and seeing as Afghanistan once used to be the home of Buddah of Bamyan and other tourist spots, with thousands of years of history. Please Subscribe for More
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Yousuf graduated with a Master degree in Architecture from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2, 2008. Congratulation.
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Architect Sebastian May, gives a tour of the new home library and research center for ACKU.
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Expansions.com Stewart A. Swerdlow delves into many current global events including news items from Libya, Africa, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Mexico, Hawaii, Tokyo, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Antarctica, Afghanistan and Norfolk, England. Libya Africa Egypt Israel Iran Obama Barack gangs Mexico Mexican earthquake earthquakes quakes Hawaii Tokyo warning snow blizzard blizzards Turkey Lebanon Syria Al Gore Gore global warming Antarctica Jewish scrolls Afghanistan Norfolk England Roman building architecture
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Afghanistan - My Kabul 1 of 3 - BBC Culture Documentary, recorded 20.02.2011 In this BBC documentary, journalist and native Afghani Tahir Qadiry revisits his hometown of Kabul. Qadiry meets with not only the historians and politicians, but also the workers, children, and homemakers who represent the over-four-million people who live in Kabul today. Ultimately, the document comes to the point that Kabul consists of many varying regions, classes of people, and amount of progress versus traditionalism. It is evident from the documentary that Kabul is beginning to reach out to the modern age but various factors keep parts of the city from progressing. Narrow streets, hundred year old architecture, and poor sanitation systems seem to encourage old customs and little advancement. The people, though incredibly accepting and welcoming to Qadiry and his crew, still hold many of the fundamental values from Taliban occupation. With all its residents, it has become impossible to manage pollution and the documentary estimates that over 3000 people die every year from poor sanitation. Many families have to go all the way to the central part of the city just to carry water to their homes (Qadiry at one point tries to help a man to carry his water jugs but he can barely make it a few feet up a hill). Although an influx of foreign aid has begun to help reconstruct the new city, many parts have yet to see the money trickle down. However, the most central areas of Kabul such as Shahr-e-now ...
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Afghanistan - My Kabul 2 of 3 - BBC Culture Documentary, recorded 20.02.2011 In this BBC documentary, journalist and native Afghani Tahir Qadiry revisits his hometown of Kabul. Qadiry meets with not only the historians and politicians, but also the workers, children, and homemakers who represent the over-four-million people who live in Kabul today. Ultimately, the document comes to the point that Kabul consists of many varying regions, classes of people, and amount of progress versus traditionalism. It is evident from the documentary that Kabul is beginning to reach out to the modern age but various factors keep parts of the city from progressing. Narrow streets, hundred year old architecture, and poor sanitation systems seem to encourage old customs and little advancement. The people, though incredibly accepting and welcoming to Qadiry and his crew, still hold many of the fundamental values from Taliban occupation. With all its residents, it has become impossible to manage pollution and the documentary estimates that over 3000 people die every year from poor sanitation. Many families have to go all the way to the central part of the city just to carry water to their homes (Qadiry at one point tries to help a man to carry his water jugs but he can barely make it a few feet up a hill). Although an influx of foreign aid has begun to help reconstruct the new city, many parts have yet to see the money trickle down. However, the most central areas of Kabul such as Shahr-e-now ...
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Afghanistan - Bactria (northern Afghanistan and southern Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan); - Gandhara (northeast Afghanistan and northern Pakistan); - Aryana (western Afghanistan); - Arachosia (southeastern Afghanistan); and - Drangiana (southern and southwestern Afghanistan) The main Achaemenid city in the north of Afghanistan was Bactria or Baktra (present-day Balkh) Some historians believe that "Kandahar" is the latest modified form of the ancient name Gandhara, while others suggest it may have derived from "Alexandria" or "Alexandropolis" by Alexander the Great in 329 BCE.At the time of Alexander the Great, Aria was obviously an important district. It was administered by a governer, called Satibarzanes, who was one of the three main officials in the East of the Empire, together with the governer Bessus of Bactria and Barsaentes of Arachosia.The Macedonian king Alexander the Great visited Arachosia in March 329 BCE. Afterwards, Kapisakaniš was called Alexandria in Arachosia. After the death of Alexander, it became part of the Seleucid empire. It was briefly subjected to the Indian emperor Ashoka Maurya (272-232 BCE - famous for his rock edicts) and became Sacan. Citadel, Herat -- This is one of the favorite Tourist Attractions in Herat. The old citadel was built by Alexander the Great. It is also known as Arg and Qala-e Ikhtiyaruddin. The present citadel was built by the Kart Emir Ikhtiyaruddin in 1305 on the same site. The citadel features Timurid tile work ...
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Afghanistan - My Kabul 3 of 3 - BBC Culture Documentary, recorded 20.02.2011 In this BBC documentary, journalist and native Afghani Tahir Qadiry revisits his hometown of Kabul. Qadiry meets with not only the historians and politicians, but also the workers, children, and homemakers who represent the over-four-million people who live in Kabul today. Ultimately, the document comes to the point that Kabul consists of many varying regions, classes of people, and amount of progress versus traditionalism. It is evident from the documentary that Kabul is beginning to reach out to the modern age but various factors keep parts of the city from progressing. Narrow streets, hundred year old architecture, and poor sanitation systems seem to encourage old customs and little advancement. The people, though incredibly accepting and welcoming to Qadiry and his crew, still hold many of the fundamental values from Taliban occupation. With all its residents, it has become impossible to manage pollution and the documentary estimates that over 3000 people die every year from poor sanitation. Many families have to go all the way to the central part of the city just to carry water to their homes (Qadiry at one point tries to help a man to carry his water jugs but he can barely make it a few feet up a hill). Although an influx of foreign aid has begun to help reconstruct the new city, many parts have yet to see the money trickle down. However, the most central areas of Kabul such as Shahr-e-now ...
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The Mughal Empire originated in Pakistan and Afghanistan! The Taj Mahal was built during the rule of the Muslim king Shah Jahan He built it in honour of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal! The Taj Mahal is truly a great monument of Islamic Architecture. The CHIEF Architect was named Ustad Ahmad Lahori. He is given the name Lahori, because he was FROM Lahore, which is in Pakistan!
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I get a nuke on Afghan with only 1 second remaining in the game! Yes I play on 10 sens I am not on the computer Extra Tags: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 COD4 WAW MW2 World at War 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 10 Call of Duty Modern Warfare please rate comment subscribe favourite...
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Dozens of rare images are on display at the Royal Geographical Society in central London - recording the panoramic views, striking architecture and distinctive ethnic groups living in the country at that time. A tour of the exhibition with the BBC's World Affairs correspondent, and Afghan expert, David Loyn. Courtesy: www.bbc.co.uk
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1975 Mazari Sharif, also known as Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazar-i Sharif, Mazār-e Sharīf and Mazar-i-Sharif (Persian: مزار شریف), is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, with population of 183000 people (2002 official estimate). It is the capital of Balkh province and is linked by highways with Kabul to the south-east, Herat to the west and Uzbekistan to the north. Mazari Sharif means Holy Grave or Sacred Grave. The dominant language in Mazari Sharif is Dari. The city is significant to Shia Muslims, as it is the home of the extraordinary Rawze-e-Sharif or Blue Mosque, postulated to be where the fourth caliph of Islam (Hazrat Ali) is buried. The city continues to be a major tourist spot because of its fabulous Muslim and Ancient Greek architecture. In July 2006, the discovery of Greek remains was announced. Mazari Sharif is in full control of the new Afghan central government, which is lead by US backed President Hamid Karzai. There are also NATO peacekeeing forces in and around the city providing assistance to the new government. [edit] Industry The local economy is dominated by agriculture and karakol production; small scale oil and gas exploitation have boosted the city's prospects. The city is a traditional centre for buzkashi, and its shrine the focus of Afghanistan's Nawroz celebrations. Places of interest The modern city of Mazari Sharif is centered around the Shrine of Hazrat Ali. Much restored, it is one of Afghanistan's most glorious monument. Outside Mazar lies the ...
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afghanistan.hmg.gov.uk Session III Regional Framework International Architecture Chairs: Rangin Spanta, Kai Eide and David Miliband
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The Prince of Wales established Turquoise Mountain in 2006, with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, to restore the area and revive the art of traditional crafts there. Five years on, the project is now complete, with water supplies, sanitation systems, and a primary school and health clinic for members of the local community. At the heart of Murad Khane, is the National Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, which offers men and women three year courses in traditional Afghan crafts. www.princeofwales.org.uk http
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Thomas Barfield introduced the audience to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them. He showed how governing these peoples was relatively easy when power was concentrated in small dynastic elite, but how this delicate political order broke down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Afghanistan's rulers mobilized rural militias to expel first the British and later the Soviets. Armed insurgency proved remarkably successful against the foreign occupiers, but it also undermined the Afghan government's authority and rendered the country ever more difficult to govern as time passed. Barfield vividly described how Afghanistan's armed factions plunged the country into a civil war, giving rise to clerical rule by the Taliban and Afghanistan's isolation from the world. He examines why the American invasion in the wake of September 11 toppled the Taliban so quickly, and how this easy victory lulled the United States into falsely believing that a viable state could be built just as easily. Thomas Barfield is professor of anthropology at Boston University. His books include The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China, 221 BC to AD 1757; The Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan; and Afghanistan: An Atlas of Indigenous Domestic Architecture.
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Proud Khorasanian son Ahmad Shah Massoud the Great, the defender of more than 7000 years Arian history. "Winner of the Cold War". Ahmad Shah Massoud was not just a military leader, but was a great politician as well. Fighting the soviets 1979, Fighting Pakistani puppet Hekmatyar 1993, Fighting ISI the Talibans 1996, Fighting terrorists and evil forces 1999, seemingly at war with the world 2001. An ethnic Tajik Massoud has become an abstract symbol of the defeat of the Taliban, the defeat of the Soviet Union/Russia, the defeat of al-Qaida, ISI, extremists and of the Afghan "resistance" generally. Ahmad Shah Massoud has become the National Hero of Afghanistan and the best legendary Commander of 20th century in South Central Asia Pacific. Ahmad Shah Massoud the son of police commander Dost Mohammad Khan was born on September 2, 1953 in the Jangalak district of Panjsher, Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Massoud was a Kabul University engineering student of Polytechnic Institute for Engineering and Architecture. But after the occupation of Afghanistan by Red Soviet Army, later he left his higher university education and turned military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan, earning him the nickname "Lion of Panjsher". The Red Army was vanquished in Panjsher eight times between 1358 -1367 (1979 - 1988) and Massoud was the chief military commander of Afghanistan. His followers call him Amir Sahib Shahid (Our Martyred Commander). An ethnic Tajik ...
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Ai Khanoum (Alexandria on the Oxus ) Ai Khanoum ('Moon Lady' in Uzbek) (an alternative translation is "Face in the Moon", because people over there recognize a female face on the moon). ( Ai- Khanoum) is presumed to be (Alexandria-Oxiana), founded by Alexander. (Ai Khanoum) and was excavated by French archaeologists and looks surprisingly like a Greek city, including temples, a heroön, palace, colonnaded courts, city wall, gymnasium (sport school), houses, Corinthian columns, free-standing statues, and a theater wth 5000 seats. The citadel, which is on a 60 m high loess-covered natural mound, has not been investigated yet, although it must have had massive walls and high towers. Cybele dish from Ai Khanum. Among the finds are Greek and Indian coins, several inscriptions, sundials, jewelry, a famous plate showing the Phrygian goddess Cybele, the Greek god Helios, Alexandria is situated on the confluence of the mighty Amudar'ya (the ancient Oxus) and the Kokcha. Across the river is a spectacular wall of steep rocks. The city became rich because it controlled the trade in lapis lazuli, but it was also situated on the Silk road Ai Khanum is an example of genuine, solid Hellenistic city with Greek architecture and institutions, a huge majestic structure with the characteristic central avenue, an Acropolis, Temple of Zeus, Palace, Theatre, Gymnasium dedicated to Hercules, Library, public fountains, statues, Greek pillars, and philosophical epigrams carved on the city's ...
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Shashank Bengali: Pakistan alliance on the rocks, Afghan economy crashing and Taliban not weakened
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