kabul nancy hatch dupree historian unite state help set afghanistan centre kabul university die country whose culture work five decades preserve university say sunday 89. dupree arrive kabul 1962 diplomat wife soon divorce marry louis dupree archaeologist celebrate adventurous exploit groundbreaking discoveries paleolithic afghan tool artifacts next 15 years travel across afghanistan land rover louis dupree excavate prehistoric sit nancy write series witty insightful guidebooks country since tear apart decades warfare call old monument lot afghans call grandmother afghanistan say wahid wafa executive director afghanistan centre understand know afghanistan much good anybody else fixture social scene kabul 1970s now-vanished world smart cocktail party mini-dresses force leave 1978 soviet-backed government accuse louis dupree spy husband die 1989 much time return afghanistan 2005 spend pakistan well briefly meet osama bin lade work grow number war refugees assiduously gather much documentation afghanistan could 2005 fall taliban installation new western-backed government kabul return 35,000 document wrap fertilizer bag become basis afghanistan centre archive prolific writer director centre 2006 2011 continue go office step remain institution cultural life kabul receive stream visitors nancy aim preserve afghanistan heritage say wafa funny interest person love talk anyone come visit kind give information always lobby afghanistan first know could waspishly critical blunder westerners afghans felt promote bigoted version culture retain faith adopt country end wafa say despite 40 years war afghanistan always hopeful future hopeful future new generation afghanistan nancy hatch dupree 'grandmother afghanistan die kabul