Kara Kamar and Kug Jar
Street address: Near Hazrat Sultan and 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
During the late 1950s stone tools (30,000-10,000 BCE) and caves used as dwellings (2nd-3rd centuries CE and again in the 7th century) were discovered here. Caravans stopped in this area and artifacts point to a bustling trade route until the attacks by Genghis Khan during the 13th century.
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