Germany is providing financial support for the restoration of the Old Quarter in the Afghan city of Herat. The aim is to help the Afghans retrieve some of their lost identity and to create new jobs by funding the conservation of their culture. Britta Petersen reports from Herat.
— snip — The restoration of the Gazurgah complex is one of a number of conservation measures in the western Afghan city of Herat that has been funded by the German Foreign Office since 2005.
The aim is to help the Afghans retrieve some of their lost identity by funding the preservation of their culture and to create jobs by rebuilding their cultural landmarks. Since 2002 alone, the German government has provided € 5.3 million for this purpose.
In 2008, work on Bagh-e Babur, an 11-hectare garden facility on the outskirts of Kabul, where the first Mughal emperor Babur lies buried, was completed.
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