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Lost & Found

Ancient gold artifacts from Afghanistan, hidden for more than a decade, dazzle in a new exhibition
September 2008 | By Richard Covington

Detailed differences between types of grenades and other weapons are clear in this Turkman rug.

Rug-of-War

For nearly thirty years, Afghani weavers have incorporated images of war into hand-woven rugs
February 04, 2008 | By Mimi Kirk

McCurry says he was fascinated because "a car with all this style ... had become a completely utilitarian, functional machine."

Trunk Show

Even in 1992, Steve McCurry says, Kabul was full of surprises
November 2007 | By Robert M. Poole

Stewart (at the carved-cedar entrance to a present-day Kabul Old City residence) envisions "houses renovated...roads paved [and] a school of traditional arts with 200 students."

Undaunted

First Rory Stewart walked the breadth of Afghanistan. Then he took up a real challenge: restoring traditional architecture in Kabul
September 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

"Although I grew attacvhed to Kabul, it was in the countryside that I experienced true generosity from people who had survived drought and war, hunger, and disease."

Assignment Afghanistan

From keeping tabs on the Taliban to saving puppies, a reporter looks back on her three years covering a nation's struggle to be reborn
February 2005 | By Pamela Constable

Hazrat Ali, the most beautiful mosque in Afghanistan, dates to the seventh century and is open to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

The Enduring Splendors of, Yes, Afghanistan

A writer and photographer crisscross a nation ravaged by a quarter century of warfare to inventory its most sacred treasures
February 2003 | By Rob Schultheis


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