(Photo credit: Francesca Recchia)

Walking down the narrow lanes of the Old City of Kabul gives an immense, surreal pleasure. In 2003, the Aga Khan Foundation started an urban rehabilitation programme in the neighbourhood of Asheqan wa Arefan, one of the few areas that, despite wars and internal fights, has preserved its urban fabric and historical buildings.

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