KABUL OLD CITY PLANNING Building on several years of facilitating participatory planning with communities in District 1, members of the Old City Commission attended a half-day workshop on 1st March 2007 at the AKTC office in Kabul.

COMMERCIALISATION? In February 2007, the custodians of the famous Khirqa Sharif mosque situated south of Herat’s citadel, started to convert part of the premises into shops.

HERAT DRAINAGE Poor drainage is one of the most acute problems facing residents of the denselypopulated historic quarters in the old city of Herat.