A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive —National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul. his motto, etched at the entrance to the National Museum of Afghanistan, serves as a powerful reminder of the seminal significance of culture to the nation-building project. Afghanistan’s political geography has contributed significantly to shaping the contours of its socio-cultural landscape. Located at the geographical crossroads of South, West and Central Asia, Afghanistan’s cultural tapestry weaves in the ebb and flow of Persian, Central Asian, Indian, Sino-Siberian, European (Hellenistic and Roman), Turkish, Arab and Mongol influences (L. Dupree, 1980: 55).