The two latest issues of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s Afghanistan Newsletter are now available on ArchNet.
The March/April 2009 issue reports on the restoration of a Kabul funerary structure near Bagh-e Babur, a mission to document notable sites in Balkh and Faryab, the reclamation of an urban square in the core of Herat’s old city, and glazed tile-work repair on the Western Tower of Qala Ikhtyaruddin.
The May/June 2009 issue includes an update on restoration efforts at Shanasazi Mosque in Kabul, which appear to reveal a pre-existing mosque on the site with Mughal elements. Accounts of the progress on underground drain repairs in Herat and the beginning of reconstruction efforts on the Mulla Mufti Rasoul Mosque in Herat’s Bar Durrani quarter also appear in this latest issue.
You can view previous issues of the AKTC-Afghanistan newsletters within the ArchNet Digital Library.
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