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Beginning during the Soviet occupation that carried through the Taliban insurgence, it is said the Kabul Museum was arguably one of the greatest casualties Afghanistan suffered. As a result of the Soviet and Taliban occupation, more than two thirds of the museums treasures and artifacts were lost or destroyed. [11]
Afghanistan has suffered civil wars and its conflict with the Taliban persists into the present day. The Afghan Institute of Archaeology was established in 1966 which attracted the attention of many foreign missions and resulted in important discoveries post-Second World War.
With the start of the civil war in 1992, the museum was looted numerous times and destroyed by rockets, resulting in a loss of 70% of the 100,000 objects on display. [8] [9] Since 2007, a number of international organizations have helped to recover over 8,000 artifacts, the most recent being a limestone sculpture from Germany. [10]
Now that the Taliban are in control, he said, he feels free to tour the country. “I was young when these were destroyed, about 7 years old, and since then it has been a dream to come and see ...
Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa (Persian: طلاتپه, romanized: Ṭalā-tappe, literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi.
It said three military vehicles were destroyed. The attack comes just days after the Taliban’s acting minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Haqqani, was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul.
The photos, posted by The Sun, captured a group of six armed Taliban militants surrounding a desk with two hats seated in the middle, one of the hats, appears to ...
It was subsequently demolished in 1883. The Château de Saint-Cloud was destroyed by Prussians during the Franco-Prussian war. Other destroyed palaces in France include the Château de Meudon and the Château de Bellevue. In 1914, Reims Cathedral was burned as a result of shelling during the initial phase of the First World War. The cathedral ...