Afghan minister says that copper extraction by a Chinese company at Mes Aynak, an important archaeological site, will avoid damage to relics

The government is increasing support for desperately needed restoration projects, but repressive new laws erase women and girls from public life

As a new report is released, the US-based Artistic Freedom Initiative demands refugee status for artists and cultural workers under threat from Taliban rule

Future of arts and women’s rights remain uncertain despite government backing of cultural heritage projects

The Taliban’s restrictions on women’s freedom, the absence of expertise and a collapsed economy are limiting opportunities in higher education

Conservation works on an ancient burial site at Shewaki near Kabul had to be halted due to lack of funding and resources

A new Unesco initiative will provide much-needed local employment in the vulnerable heritage site

Taliban government has backed a new conservation project led by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Aliph

The Taliban say they are dedicated to preserving Afghanistan’s cultural sites, but struggle to gain much needed international support

United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List

Conservation projects that have been paused due to sanctions on the new government may restart after Unesco intervention

Go ahead given to a restoration project to preserve two historic sites associated with the Jewish community that once resided in Herat

Sadaf Danish, an artist from Afghanistan, had to escape the Taliban but fears for the girls left behind

The Artistic Freedom Initiative is resettling 23 arts professionals and 38 family members in the US in the wake of the insurgency

Unesco warns of risks of construction works in the archaeological zone where the Bamiyan Buddha statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Leaders of the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan says it favours the conservation of the tangible heritage—including pre-Islamic monuments—but economic sanctions are getting in the way

International event—featuring storytelling, music, poetry and dance—aims to bring awareness to the continuing plight of Afghans

Evidence of encroaching development, looting and a new coal depot near the site poses major threats to its status—and its future

Experts in the trade question whether items seized by US customs under the new four-year policy will be returned to the Taliban

An increase in illegal development and excavations is damaging the structural integrity of the World Heritage Site that has stood for more than 1,000 years

In our series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists and cultural workers about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban

In a new series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, Mansoor laments the world’s silence over Afghanistan's fate

While many people with links to US military were left behind, State Department had arranged for art collection to leave Afghanistan

In a new series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, contemporary artist and curator Mina recounts the horrors of her failed escape attempt

Plus, its enduring market appeal and new secrets revealed in a restored Vermeer

Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells

As the deadline for evacuation looms, the Artistic Freedom Initiative wants the US government to grant refugee status to individuals

In 2015, the Association of Art Museum Directors established a structure under which museums can act to protect cultural property in immanent peril

British Council in Afghanistan among international heritage organisations that have suspended operations during the conflict