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The Turquoise Mountain Foundation was founded in 2006 by The Prince of Wales and Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Foundation of Afghanistan, to protect and preserve the architectural heritage and traditional skills of Afghanistan.

An example of mud architecture in Kabul.  Mud architecture is energy efficient, much easier to heat and cool and maintain and unlike its modern replacements does not depend on Kabul’s almost non-existent electricity supply.  The Turquoise Mountain Foundation aims to provide assistance and small grants to traditional home owners to encourage them to value and preserve their existing buildings.