Afghanistan

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (2)

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Properties submitted on the Tentative List (4)

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• City of Herat (2004)
• City of Balkh (antique Bactria) (2004)
• Band-E-Amir (2004)
• Bagh-e Babur (2009)

Activities (11)

• Afghanistan’s cultural heritage: Safeguarding Campaign
• Coordination Committee
• Emergency consolidation and Restoration of Monuments in Herat and Jam, Phase I and II
• UNESCO/Swiss Funds in-Trust Emergency consolidation of the monuments in Jam
• Safeguarding of the Bamiyan site, Phase I

News (11)

• UNESCO Announces the Bamiyan Cultural Centre Design Competition Sunday, November 16, 2014
• A cultural centre and museum to be built at the Bamiyan World Heritage Site Tuesday, December 17, 2013
• UNESCO and Italy launch new cooperation to restore and conserve cultural heritage in Bamiyan, Afghanistan Wednesday, May 29, 2013
• 11th Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Safeguarding the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan Friday, April 12, 2013
• Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Events (18)

• 4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting Nov 24, 2015-Nov 26, 2015
• 12th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting Dec 10, 2013-Dec 11, 2013
• Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads Sep 17, 2012-Sep 20, 2012
• 3rd Expert Working Group Meeting for the Old City of Herat and the Archaeological Remains of Jam World Heritage Property Sep 4, 2012-Sep 6, 2012
• 10th expert working group and 2 public symposiums on Bamiyan Valley Dec 6, 2011-Dec 11, 2011