The legendary Nancy Dupree, a historian and archaeologist, who dedicated most of her life to preserving Afghanistan’s history died on Saturday night in a Kabul hospital.

According to sources Dupree had been ill for a while.

Born in 1927 in India to American parents, Dupree first came to Afghanistan in 1962 as a diplomat’s wife. Several years later she met Louis Dupree, a renowned archaeologist and scholar of Afghan culture and history.

In this episode of Nima Rooz, host Maryam Sama discusses the topic with Faqir Mohammad Maiwand, a journalist and writer.