Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has ...

Once a royal palace and exclusive recreational retreat for kings and high-ranking dignitaries, Babur Garden is located in Kabul's Guzargah area, spread over approximately 11.5 hectares.

After sometime Babur wrote, from Agra, on 27th November, a letter to Humayun in Kabul which speaks volumes of the wide-ranging attributes and prodigious traits of perhaps the most versatile and ...

Sarvy Geranpayeh 21 August 2023 The Taliban have insisted they want to safeguard Afghanistan's cultural heritage, including asking Unesco to list Bagh-e Babur, a historic garden in Kabul Photo: Ninara ...

Political and military campaigns brought many Mughal emperors from Babur’s line to Kabul. They would also come to visit the grave of their forefather and develop the gardens where he lay rest.

The application by the Taliban to add a historic garden in Kabul to the World Heritage List lies in limbo. In January 2022, the authorities in Afghanistan submitted a nomination dossier to Unesco ...

The country’s civil wars left the terraced garden—which comprises historic structures such as Babur’s tomb, a 17th-century marble mosque, a Queen’s Palace and a pavilion that dates from ...

The final resting place of Babur, this is situated in Kabul. The garden is said to have been built around 1528 AD. This gorgeous garden is one of the finest places to trace the history of Afghanistan.

As the Taliban advanced to Kabul’s gates, Sayed said he saw women crying by the side of the road, desperately trying to get a ride home and to barricade their doors. “People were running.