Cultural crossroads
Tags: AFGHANISTAN -- History; HISTORIC sites; CULTURE
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THE QUEST BEGINS BESIDE an austere sarcophagus of white, black and pink marble with a simple little ivory-colored mosque below and vast terraced flower gardens beyond, high above the dusty, war-battered city of Kabul. The man buried beneath these stones, Zahiruddin Mohammed Babur, was one of...
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