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2
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
0
Mandate to the World Heritage Committee
35
State of Conservation Reports
8
International assistance
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323,670
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Ratification of the Convention:
Tuesday, 20 March 1979
UNESCO
World Heritage

Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 2

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Sites on the Tentative List 4

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 35

State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing. More about State of Conservation

Activities (11)
Safeguarding of the Bamiyan Site, Phase III
UNESCO/Swiss Funds in-Trust Emergency consolidation of the monuments in Jam
Activities to protect Afghanistan’s moveable cultural property
Afghanistan’s cultural heritage: Safeguarding Campaign
News (24)
Afghanistan: UNESCO continues to protect the Minaret of Jam with local communities
23 June 2022
Afghanistan - UNESCO calls for the protection of cultural heritage in its diversity
19 August 2021
Commemorating 20 years since the destruction of two Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan
11 March 2021
UNESCO and Japan support Afghanistan’s efforts towards removing the Bamiyan Valley from the List of World Heritage in Danger
3 March 2020
UNESCO is mobilized for the protection of the Minaret of Jam (Afghanistan) with funding from ALIPH
26 June 2019
Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee
29 January 2019
UNESCO, the Government of Afghanistan and international partners discuss the way of achieving a desired state of conservation at Bamiyan World Heritage property
17 December 2018
UNESCO technical meeting and International Symposium on “The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues: Technical Considerations and Potential Effects on Authenticity and Outstanding Universal Value”
11 October 2017
UNESCO Convenes International Symposium on “The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues: Technical Considerations and Potential Effects on Authenticity and Outstanding Universal Value” 
22 September 2017
The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting met in Germany
13 December 2016
From Kabul to Rome: International experts discuss challenges for heritage and sustainability
31 May 2016
UNESCO Director General and Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah celebrate the role of Cultural heritage for the future of Afghanistan
27 May 2016
Almaty Agreement adopted in the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads
22 December 2015
UNESCO Announces the Bamiyan Cultural Centre Design Competition
16 November 2014
A cultural centre and museum to be built at the Bamiyan World Heritage Site
17 December 2013
UNESCO and Italy launch new cooperation to restore and conserve cultural heritage in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
29 May 2013
11th Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Safeguarding the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan
12 April 2013
Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan
14 February 2012
Ashgabat Agreement: representatives and experts of twelve Asian countries outline the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors approach for the future Serial and Trans-boundary World Heritage Nomination
18 May 2011
Ten years on – remembering the tragic destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
3 March 2011
Recommendation adopted by the participants of ten Asian countries of a serial Itinerant Workshop on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mughal Architecture
22 April 2009
Terrorist attacks damage Pakistan Buddha
4 October 2007
Fourth Expert Working Group on the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site issued recommendations for Safeguarding Bamiyan
20 December 2005
Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
4 April 2005
Events (20)
5th Meeting of Coordinating Committee on the serial transnational World Heritage nomination of the Silk Roads 
3 Dec 2018 - 7 Dec 2018
Cultural Heritage and Development Initiatives: a Challenge or a Contribution to Sustainability?
25 May 2016 - 27 May 2016
4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting
24 Nov 2015 - 26 Nov 2015
12th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting
10 Dec 2013 - 11 Dec 2013
Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
17 Sep 2012 - 20 Sep 2012
3rd Expert Working Group Meeting for the Old City of Herat and the Archaeological Remains of Jam World Heritage Property
4 Sep 2012 - 6 Sep 2012
10th expert working group and 2 public symposiums on Bamiyan Valley
6 Dec 2011 - 11 Dec 2011
Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
3 May 2011 - 6 May 2011
9th Expert Working Group Meeting for the Safeguarding of the Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
3 Mar 2011 - 4 Mar 2011
Sub-regional training workshop on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific
2 Jun 2010 - 5 Jun 2010
8th Expert Working Group Meeting for the Preservation of the Bamiyan World Heritage site
25 Mar 2010 - 26 Mar 2010
Final Itinerant Workshop on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mogul Architecture
6 Apr 2009 - 12 Apr 2009
7th Expert Working Group on the Preservation of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
12 Jun 2008 - 13 Jun 2008
Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Jam and Herat sites
9 Jun 2008 - 10 Jun 2008
Second Itinerant Workshop on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mogul Architecture
21 Apr 2008 - 2 May 2008
Sixth Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site
20 Jan 2008 - 22 Jan 2008
First Itinerant Workshop on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mogul Architecture
26 Nov 2007 - 6 Dec 2007
Exhibition of photographs: Safeguarding of the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan
10 Apr 2007 - 7 May 2007
5th Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Valley
14 Dec 2006 - 16 Dec 2006
Fourth Expert Working Group on the preservation of the Bamiyan World Heritage site
7 Dec 2005 - 9 Dec 2005
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