AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

AFGHANISTAN-PARWAN-CULTURAL RELICS SITE-STUPA

(240424) -- PARWAN, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a view of the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, east Afghanistan. The Topdara Stupa, one of the most important and complete Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, is under strict protection by authorities. It won the Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Buddhist stupa in Afghanistan

Buddhist stupa in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Children are pictured against the backdrop of a ruined Buddhist stupa in Topdara near Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2014.