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Hazar Sum
Street address: 15 kilometres north west of Aibak, Samangan Province, Afghanistan
Mailing address: Samangan Provincial Department of Information and Culture, Samangan Provincial Government, Aibak, Samangan Province, Afghanistan
Proprietor: Ministry of Information and Culture and Samangan Provincial Department of Information and Culture
Contact: Fatihullah Wafi Director General
Additional contact: Haji Fazel Ahmad Joragul Director of Historic Monuments
Dates and duration: Open during daylight hours
This Buddhist site includes a stupa hewn out of solid rock and numerous caves with Buddhist relics. Recent excavations have found stone age tools in the same area.
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