National Museum of Afghanistan

The National Museum of Afghanistan (in Persian: موزیم ملی افغانستان, Muzem e-Milli-ye Afghanistan), also known as the National Museum of Afghanistan and the Kabul Museum is a two storey building located 9 km west central the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. It was built in 1922 during the reign of King Amanullah Khan.

His collection has been one of the largest in Central Asia with more than 100,000 articles dating back several millennia. In the 1990s, the museum was looted several times resulting in a loss of 70% of 100 000 samples.

The harvest began in the "Curiosity Cabinet" in 1919.In 1973, the Danish architect was hired to design the new museum building, but plans were never implemented because of political instability.In 1989 Bactrian gold was moved to a vault of the Central Bank of Afghanistan. In 1994, the Ministry of Communications and Culture Department, the government of President Rabbani has ordered the 71 museum staff to begin moving the inventory to the Hotel Kabul to save them to remain strong and shells.

March 12 December 1994 Museum, which was used as a military base, hit the rocket fire, and largely destroyed. In September 1996, the museum staff has completed an inventory of remaining materials, which were then transferred to the Kabul Hotel.

In 2003, the international community invested U.S. $ 350 000 to renovate the building. Again it was inaugurated September 29, 2004. Fortunately, many of the most valuable elements were sealed in metal containers and removed to safety and was recovered and inventoried in 2004. Some archaeological objects were found in vaults in Kabul, while a collection was also found in Switzerland.

Panjshir Valley

Panjshir Valley (also spelled or Panjshir Panjshir, Persian دره پنجشير - Dare Panjšir literally the Valley of Five Lions) is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 km north of Kabul, near massif of the mountains of the Hindu Kush. Located in the Panjshir province is divided by the River Panjshir. The valley is home to more than 140,000 people, including the highest concentration of Tajiks in Afghanistan. In April 2004, became the heart of the Panjshir Province.It is also notable for being the home of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Darul Aman Palace

Darul Aman Palace ("abode of peace" or the double meaning of "residence Aman [Ullah] is a European-style palace, now a ruin, which is located about ten miles (ten miles) outside the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Darul Aman Palace was built in the 1920s as part of efforts by King Amanullah Khan to modernize Afghanistan. It was to be part of the new capital (also called Darul Aman or Darulaman) that the king intends to build, registered in Kabul by a narrow gauge railway. The palace is an imposing neoclassical building on a hill overlooking a dusty plain in the west of the Afghan capital. Designed as the seat of a future parliament outside Kabul, the building has been used for many years after religious conservatives ousted and arrested Amanullah's reforms.

Darul Aman Palace was first destroyed by fire in 1969. It was restored to house the Department of Defense in 1970 and 1980. During the communist coup of 1978, the building was in flames. It was damaged again mujahideen factions fought for control of Kabul in early 1990. Heavy bombardment by the mujahideen after the Soviet invasion left the building in ruins destroyed.

In 2005, unveiled a plan to renovate the palace for use as home to Afghanistan's future parliament. It will be financed primarily by private donations from foreigners and wealthy Afghans. But as of July 2010, there was no evidence of the castle will be renovated.

On a hill near Darul Aman Palace is the Tajbeg Palace, built as the residence of Amanullah and his wife, Queen Soraya, and their families.