Darul-Aman Foundation
The Darul-Aman Foundation was in on 15 December 2004 Dusseldorf founded Foundation , which pursued the goal of the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul ( Afghanistan build) as a new seat of the Afghan Parliament again. It emerged from Darulaman Kabul eV, which was founded on February 5, 2004 and was then transferred to the foundation.
Former Federal President Walter Scheel was the patron of the Darul-Aman Foundation and the former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai was an honorary member of the Darul-Aman Foundation .
The basis is the tradition of the 1st German-Afghan friendship treaty from 1926. Based on the building history of the German architect Walter Harten , the Darul-Aman Foundation also endeavored to promote new jobs and training positions in the course of the palace construction.
Historical background
The Afghan King Amanullah Khan led Afghanistan to independence from British colonial rule in 1919 and quickly developed ambitious modernization plans for his country. In the course of his reforms, King Amanullah also devoted himself to the urban development of Kabul. He had the new Darulaman district built 11 km from the old town center , with the palace of the same name in the center. The building documents the commitment of the German architect Walter Harten, whom King Amanullah had entrusted with his modernization plans. The project goes back to the original initiative of the then Berlin secret government councilor Josef Brix . In the ten years up to 1929 a team of 22 German engineers erected 70 modern buildings in Kabul and trained around 700 local skilled workers for the construction of the palace. This made the Darul Aman Palace a symbol of modernity and German-Afghan friendship. This important part of Afghan history is still deeply rooted in large parts of the population.
The Foundation
The Darul Aman Foundation endeavored to promote the reconstruction of the Darul Aman Palace internationally and to unite people. In addition to the reconstruction of the building, training places for young people were to be created. However, the foundation's most important goal was the element that unites all Afghan ethnic groups. The building of the destroyed palace is widely respected by all ethnic groups in Afghanistan as a national identity center. The Darul-Aman Foundation is no longer active and all content has already been removed from the foundation's homepage.
Web links
- Homepage of the Darul-Aman Foundation (inactive)