Afghan experts say urgent action is needed to protect the famed Minaret of Jam after guards disappeared and critical damage became visible on the cultural treasure. Afghan experts say urgent action is ...

This photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows the Minaret of Jam and the Hari River in the Shahrak District, central Afghanistan's Ghor Province. The Minaret of Jam, along with its archaeological remains, ...

FEROZ KOH, Afghanistan -- Centuries of neglect and frequent floods are threatening the Minaret of Jam, one of Afghanistan's archaeological treasures. Last week, the 800-year-old structure in the ...

Situated in Ghor Province in Afghanistan, around 200 kilometers east of Herat, at the confluence of the Hari Rud and Jam Rud rivers, the Minaret of Jam’s isolated location may have prevented the ...

The minaret is on a list of United Nations world heritage sites, but is now in an 'alarmingly precarious' condition Ben Farmer is Africa Correspondent for The Telegraph and its Global Health Security ...

The Taliban and the antiquities trade are the challenges facing Unesco if it is to stop the world’s second tallest brick minaret tilting into oblivion In August BBC Afghanistan reported that the ...

Located a little over 400 km west of Kabul, whose citizens are waking up to a regime change and bracing for a life under Taliban, is a tiny district called Shahrak. Here, in this nearly inaccessible ...