[Afghanistan] - Muttaqi asks Aga Khan Foundation to step up help to preserve archaeological sites

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the Aga Khan Foundation&s CEO on Tuesday and asked for further cooperation over the restoration
and preservation of historical monuments and sites in the country.Muttaqi met with the new Aga Khan Foundation chief for Afghanistan
Najmuddin Najm, and his accompanying delegation and said the organization could do more to help safeguard the sites.Najm in turn shared
information about the organization&s mission in Afghanistan and its activities in the health, educational, agricultural, and cultural
sectors as well as economic development projects, the response to natural disasters, and reconstruction of 140 cultural, heritage and
historical sites in Afghanistan.Muttaqi mentioned the IEA&s appreciation for the Aga Khan Foundation&s assistance and said it was crucial
for the development of Afghanistan.The post Muttaqi asks Aga Khan Foundation to step up help to preserve historical sites first appeared on
Ariana News.