Govt to Renovate Takht-e-Rustam in Samangan
Govt to Renovate Takht-e-Rustam in Samangan The government has started work on the renovation of Takht-e-Rustam, an ancient stupa that was part of a Buddhist monastery located two kilometers south of the city of Aibak in the northern province of Samangan. The first phase of the renovation will include repairing the surrounding walls of the historical site, officials of the provincial information and culture directorate said, adding that the surrounding wall is 4 kilometers in length and that it will take 18 months. The head of the information and culture directorate said that a French ar...