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Kabul, Afghanistan : Aga Khan Cultural Services (Afghanistan), a newly established affiliate of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, will lead the revitalisation of a significant but currently degraded urban area in central Kabul around the historic Timur Shah Mausoleum. Under an agreement signed in Kabul today with the Government of Afghanistan and the Municipality of Kabul, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) will help provide area planning, conduct physical and social surveys, mobilise technical and financial support and undertake conservation work on the historic urban fabric of the City of Kabul in District 1, as well as landscaping and environmental improvement. The Agreement also foresees the provision of micro-credit to the population of the designated preservation zone by a national micro-finance institution being considered by the Aga Khan Development Network.