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

Last month's deadly quakes affected key historic monuments in Herat and beyond

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

German government’s visa admissions programme is abruptly suspended, leaving desperate applicants in limbo

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

A show at the University of California, Berkeley showcases works by artists from Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora reflecting on the events of August 2021 and what has occurred since

A future generation of artists could be lost as well as the livelihoods of their teachers

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

Practitioners countrywide keep working under Islamic regime with ongoing uncertainty over approved art subjects

Plus, Afghan culture in crisis and Kiki Smith’s New York murals

The German government has pulled out from the Kabul Riverfront Transformation project, which was to modernise parts of the city's historic centre and install an art gallery

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 Himaya project based in Qatar has been working with Interpol to identify artefacts trafficked to London, Paris and Amsterdam

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

A week after the tragedy, it remains unclear whether cultural sites have been affected

Photographs by former British army officer Andy Barnham capture the lives of the translators whilst hiding their identity from Afghanistan's extremist rulers

Since August 2021, illegal excavations and rapid development have destroyed much of the landscape surrounding the at-risk Buddhist heritage site

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