Army Staff Sgt. Jorge Solano, 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts security forces and native of Worcester, Mass., stands guard during a visit to Tepe Sardar, Afghanistan's unique monument of sacred architecture, outside Ghazni City Nov. 17. The circa fifth- to eighth-century complex boasts ruins of a Buddhist stupa, monastery and shrines along with a Hindu chapel. The visit was the result of brainstorming between Embassy Kabul Public Affairs and Jim Moore, Department of State’s South and Central Asia bureau deputy assistant secretary for pres
Army Staff Sgt. Jorge Solano, 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts security forces and native of Worcester, Mass., stands guard during a visit to Tepe Sardar, Afghanistan's unique monument of sacred architecture, outside Ghazni City Nov. 17. The circa fifth- to eighth-century complex boasts ruins of a Buddhist stupa, monastery and shrines along with a Hindu chapel. The visit was the result of brainstorming between Embassy Kabul Public Affairs and Jim Moore, Department of State’s South and Central Asia bureau deputy assistant secretary for press and public diplomacy, on how best to assist Ghazni Province as it strives to identify and restore particularly relevant Islamic archaeological sites that have earned Ghazni its 2013 designation as the Islamic cultural capital of the Asian world. Air Force Senior Airman Courtney Witt, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team
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