In 1978, a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist ... At the time of the burials, Bactria was on the Silk Road that linked China with the West, a region ...

Richard Holbrooke, the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), wanted no part of it either. Since nobody else in Washington wanted to develop policy for a New Silk Road either ...

the economic development in Afghanistan that the Bathija Silk Road Initiative would create can be a decisive factor in our counterinsurgency efforts there. Improved opportunity and quality of life ...

He remained in Afghanistan for more than a decade ... A distinctive horseshoe-shaped bar featuring wine, beer and Silk Road- ...