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Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev and the Imam of Ismailites, Prince Aga Khan IV signed on Tuesday in Bishkek an agreement envisaging the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the humanitarian and economic areas.Akayev told reporters the agreement will help step up Kyrgyzstan's cooperation with the organisation of Aga Khan IV in the area of economy, health services, education, culture, the social area, as well as in the development of Kyrgyzstan's rural districts.

Prince Karim Aga Khan arrived in Islamabad Tuesday evening. He would meet President Musharraf and Prime minister Jamali, before leaving on a one day visit of Chitral on Thursday. At Chitral the Aga Khan is scheduled to address his followers at Garam Chashma and Booni, besides attending a luncheon arranged by the district administration at the Scouts Officers Mess. Though the Aga Khan is scheduled to return to Islamabad the same day but incase of bad weather, he would be staying at the Hindukush Heights Hotel, as learnt here.

President Emomali Rahmonov of Tajikistan, joined His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims on 6th July, in laying the foundation stone of the Khorog campus in Tajikistan - the first of three campuses of the University of Central Asia (UCA). The Vice-President of Afghanistan, Nematullah Shahrani also attended the ceremony. The second campus of the UCA was inaugurated in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic on 8th July, by His Excellency the Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Tanaev, in the presence of Prince Amyn Aga Khan and Governor Salymbekov.

Pour la promotion des affaires, notre pays a accueilli hier, le patron du Réseau Aga Khan : Karim Aga Khan. Cette visite, sur invitation officielle de son excellence Amadou Toumani Touré, s'inscrit essentiellement dans le cadre d'une étroite collaboration entre le Gouvernement du Mali et le Réseau Aga Khan.

Produit par l'Initiative Aga Khan pour la musique en Asie centrale, agence du Trust Aga Khan pour la culture, ...Via Kaboul est un spectacle musical aux allures de voyage à travers les traditions musicales des peuples indo-iraniens de l'Asie centrale. Quelles soient ouzbeks ou baloutchis, afghanes ou tadjiks, il est un lien culturel fort qui unit profondément les musiques de l'Asie centrale.

Billionaire racehorse owner the Aga Khan has been presented with a prestigious award for philanthropy.
He was one of six people handed the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy during a ceremony at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Kwik-Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer also received the accolade, regarded as the philanthropy world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Also honoured in the awards was Agnes Gund, chair of the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Cadbury chocolate family and the Hewlett and Packard families.

Work has begun to rehabilitate and preserve one of Afghanistan's most historical sites to its original splendour. The tomb of the 16th century Mogul emperor, Babur, and the grounds surrounding it in the Afghan capital Kabul, are to be restored to their former glory by Afghans themselves, with help from the Aga Khan Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Recovery and Employment Afghanistan Programme (REAP), funded by the Japanese government.

Billionaire racehorse owner the Aga Khan holds his trophy after being presented with a prestigious award for philanthropy, at the Scottish parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2005. The Aga Khan recieved the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, an accolade widely regarded as the philanthropy world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. The ceremony was the first time the event, inaugurated in 2001 and held every two years, had taken place outside the United States.

Les états-Unis ont débloqué un budget de 30 millions de dollars pour financer la construction d'un pont qui reliera le Tadjikistan à l'Afghanistan en enjambant le fleuve Piandz.

THE Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims and a prominent investor in the East African region, has backed the planned regional customs union. The Aga Khan, chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), said the planned East African customs union would not only widen the market and growth potential but also 'refine and strengthen efficiencies' in the member countries. The Aga Khan said this at the opening of a US$7.2m Alltex apparel manufacturing plant in Kenya recently.

The spiritual leader of Ismailia Muslims, Aga Khan, arrived here Friday afternoon to begin a two-day visit of Burkina Faso.
The Aga Khan, who heads the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) will on Saturday co-launch with President Blaise Compaori the first Micro-finance Agency.

The objective of the network's new initiative is to fight poverty by making the mainstream banking sector to offer financial services to impoverished persons and the down-trodden.

L'Aga Khan, en créant une Fondation pour la sauvegarde et le développement du domaine de Chantilly, vole au secours d'un patrimoine hérité du Grand Condé mais voué à une mort lente faute de moyens.
La convention récemment passée entre l'Institut de France -propriétaire du domaine-, le chef spirituel des Ismaéliens et les collectivités locales, porte sur un programme de restauration chiffré à 70 millions d'euros, dont 40 MEUR financés par le prince Karim Aga Khan.

The efforts of the Aga Khan, apart from US diplomatic pressure, is being seen as a factor, behind the recent attempts towards creating a 'thaw' in Indo-Pak relations, a leading Pakistani newspaper has reported.
At least two knowledgeable ruling politicians and a few senior Pakistani officials have credited intense background efforts of spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, Prince Karim Aga Khan, for diplomatic breakthrough between Islamabad and New Delhi that in the past few days again ignited hope of a durable peace, 'the news' reported today.

After years of being turned away at the schoolhouse gates, girls marched proudly at the head of the class Saturday at a ceremony marking the start of school and the resumption of education for children in this country freeing itself from the Taliban's grip.
'A great day for Afghanistan,' declared interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai after being showered with golden confetti by a choir of gaily dressed girl pupils.

'Probably today was the happiest day for me personally here -- to see our children go to school and to see them happy.'

A bustan whose glory would stem from the value and legitimacy of the pluralism of the infinite manifestations of culture in the human community.'
His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, this evening used the metaphor of an orchard to symbolise the intellectual space that offers hope and optimism in the face of 'the many issues and pressures facing Islamic countries and communities.'

Afghan girls went back to school for the first time in five years on Saturday, elated and emotional at the end of the draconian ban on female education imposed by the former Taliban regime.
In this northern city, small groups of girls were seen treading the path to schools that had been closed by the Taliban when it took power here in 1998.

Spiritual leader of the Ismalli community Prince Karim Aga Khan called on President General Pervez Musharraf at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Friday.

Afghan girls went back to school for the first time in five years Saturday, elated and emotional at the end of the draconian ban on female education imposed by the now ousted Taliban regime.
Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and the UN's special envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi led a ceremony to celebrate the start of the new school year at the capital's Amani High School.

Creating a sound future for the peoples of Central Asia requires a clear focus on building new concepts and new institutions for new civil societies.'
His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, today called on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and other international financial institutions to 'look in depth at the problems that should be addressed in supporting non-commercial civil society institutions.'

The chairman of the interim administration of Afghanistan, Esteemed Hamed Karzai, received today at the Gul Khana Palace Prince Karim Aga Khan [IV] and signed an agreement on expanding cooperation...
According to Bakhtar information agency, during the talks with Prince Karim Aga Khan in the Gul Khana Palace, the chairman of the interim administration of Afghanistan, Hamed Karzai, spoke on the programmes of the interim administration and drew the attention of Prince Aga Khan to possible areas of cooperation in the reconstruction programmes for Afghanistan.