US Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry joins Afghan Minister Makhdoom Raheen at a ceremony to announce a new master plan to improve the National Museum of Afghanistan. Photo credit: Sheila Vemmer/U.S. Department of State
In an effort to preserve Afghanistan’s cultural heritage, yesterday, in a ceremony held in the Nuristani room at the National Museum of Afghanistan, the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry, pledged $5 million to support the planning, designing and constructing of a new museum building. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture, headed by Makhdoom Raheen, also committed $2 million to support the new museum building.
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