Deputy Minister for Culture and Arts Visits Kabul’s Bala Hissar

Sheikh Abdul Rahman Tayebi, Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister for Culture and Arts at the Ministry of Information and Culture, along with several department heads from the ministry, visited Kabul’s historic Bala Hissar and reviewed ongoing preservation and archaeological excavation activities at the site. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Tayebi appreciated the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s (AKTC) efforts to preserve Bala Hissar and conduct archaeological excavations at the site, emphasising the importance of promoting awareness, documenting, and preserving the historic site. He called on AKTC officials to document the detailed history of Kabul’s Bala Hissar, along with photographs and information about the site, and prepare them for publication in the form of a magazine, catalogue, or brochure.