The Bayat Foundation, established in 2005 by Afghan Wireless Communication Company founder Ehsanollah Bayat and his wife, strives to fund infrastructure development throughout Afghanistan. The Foundation aims to offer Afghanistan’s population better-quality medical and maternity care, broader access to nutrition-rich food and clean drinking water, and enhanced educational opportunities. The group additionally hopes to assist Afghanistan in preserving the cultural heritage of its proud, independent, and artistically gifted people.

2. The Bayat Foundation, established in 2005 by
Afghan Wireless Communication Company founder
Ehsanollah Bayat and his wife, strives to fund
infrastructure development throughout Afghanistan.
The Foundation aims to offer Afghanistan’s
population better-quality medical and maternity
care, broader access to nutrition-rich food and
clean drinking water, and enhanced educational
opportunities. The group additionally hopes to
assist Afghanistan in preserving the cultural
heritage of its proud, independent, and artistically
gifted people.

3. A nation formed in Central Asia in the path of the multiple
caravan trading routes collectively called the Silk Road,
Afghanistan has always served as a meeting place of
cultures and traditions. A recent exhibit, “Afghanistan:
Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul,” has
traveled to museums in major world cities to display
seldom-seen, priceless objects from the country’s past,
including the Silk Road period that saw its heyday from
about 300 BC to 200 AD. The items in this collection
showcase Afghanistan’s heritage at the very center of the
Silk Road. Ancient Greek, Persian, and Indian cultures
have all left significant cultural and artistic markers in
Afghanistan over the centuries.

4. The country’s artistic and cultural treasures
sustained significant damage during recent
civil wars, and at one point under the
administration of the Taliban, even musical
performances were banned. Today,
Afghanistan is striving, with the help of
groups such as the Bayat Foundation, to
preserve its distinctive heritage for future
generations.